Murder on the Orient Express : A Hercule Poirot Mystery

by Christie, Agatha

• ISBN13: 9780425200452
• ISBN10: 0425200450
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-31
• Publisher: Berkley

Summary

On a three-day journey through the snowbound Balkan hills, Hercule Poirot must weed through an array of international suspects to find the passenger who murdered a gangster on the Orient Express.

Table of Contents

Cast of Characters	p. vii
The Facts
An Important Passenger on the Taurus Express	p. 3
The Tokatlian Hotel	p. 13
Poirot Refuses a Case	p. 21
A Cry in the Night	p. 29
The Crime	p. 33
A Woman	p. 45
The Body	p. 53
The Armstrong Kidnapping Case	p. 63
The Evidence
The Evidence of the Wagon Lit Conductor	p. 69
The Evidence of the Secretary	p. 76
The Evidence of the Valet	p. 81
The Evidence of the American Lady	p. 87
The Evidence of the Swedish Lady	p. 95
The Evidence of the Russian Princess	p. 101
The Evidence of Count and Countess Andrenyi	p. 108
The Evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot	p. 114
The Evidence of Mr. Hardman	p. 123
The Evidence of the Italian	p. 130
The Evidence of Miss Debenham	p. 134
The Evidence of the German Lady's-maid	p. 140
Summary of the Passengers' Evidence	p. 147
The Evidence of the Weapon	p. 155
The Evidence of the Passengers' Luggage	p. 163
Hercule Poirot Sits Back and Thinks
Which of Them?	p. 181
Ten Questions	p. 189
Certain Suggestive Points	p. 195
The Grease Spot on a Hungarian Passport	p. 204
The Christian Name of Princess Dragomiroff	p. 211
A Second Interview with Colonel Arbuthnot	p. 216
The Identity of Mary Debenham	p. 220
Further Surprising Revelations	p. 224
Poirot Propounds Two Solutions	p. 231
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