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Murder on the Orient Express : a Hercule Poirot Mystery / Agatha Christie.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Christie, Agatha, Hercule Poirot mysteries ; Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017Copyright date: ©1934Edition: First William Morrow movie tie-in editionDescription: x, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062689665
  • 0062689665
  • 0062693662
  • 9780062693662
  • 0008268878
  • 9780008268879
  • 9780062838629
  • 0062838628
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Contents:
Part one. The facts. An important passenger on the Taurus Express ; The Tokatlian Hotel ; Poirot refuses a case ; A cry in the night ; The crime ; A woman? ; The body ; The Armstrong kidnapping case -- Part two. The evidence. The evidence of the wagon lit conductor ; The evidence of the secretary ; The evidence of the valet ; The evidence of the American lady ; The evidence of the Swedish lady ; The evidence of the Russian princess ; The evidence of Count and Countess Andrenyi ; The evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot ; The evidence of Mr. Hardman ; The evidence of the Italian ; The evidence of Miss Debenham ; The evidence of the German lady's maid ; Summary of the passenger's evidence ; The evidence of the weapon ; The evidence of the passengers' luggage -- Part three. Hercule Poirot sits back and thinks. Which of them? ; Ten questions ; Certain suggestive points ; The grease spot on a Hungrian passport ; The Christian name of Princess Dragomiroff ; A second interview with Colonel Arbuthnot ; The identity of Mary Debenham ; Further surprising revelations ; Poirot propounds two solutions.
Summary: "Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again." --Amazon.
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The exclusive authorized edition of the most widely read mystery of all time. Now a major motion picture directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh.

"The murderer is with us--on the train now . . ."

Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer.

Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again.

This edition includes a photo insert of images from the film.

"Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Without a shred of doubt, one of his fellow passengers is the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again." --Amazon.

Part one. The facts. An important passenger on the Taurus Express ; The Tokatlian Hotel ; Poirot refuses a case ; A cry in the night ; The crime ; A woman? ; The body ; The Armstrong kidnapping case -- Part two. The evidence. The evidence of the wagon lit conductor ; The evidence of the secretary ; The evidence of the valet ; The evidence of the American lady ; The evidence of the Swedish lady ; The evidence of the Russian princess ; The evidence of Count and Countess Andrenyi ; The evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot ; The evidence of Mr. Hardman ; The evidence of the Italian ; The evidence of Miss Debenham ; The evidence of the German lady's maid ; Summary of the passenger's evidence ; The evidence of the weapon ; The evidence of the passengers' luggage -- Part three. Hercule Poirot sits back and thinks. Which of them? ; Ten questions ; Certain suggestive points ; The grease spot on a Hungrian passport ; The Christian name of Princess Dragomiroff ; A second interview with Colonel Arbuthnot ; The identity of Mary Debenham ; Further surprising revelations ; Poirot propounds two solutions.

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