Express - Assassinio Sull'orient

A mysterious stranger boarded the train at a previous stop, murdered Ratchett, and escaped into the snow [4, 10].

The narrative begins as Poirot boards the Orient Express in Istanbul to return to London [2, 7, 22]. Assassinio sull'Orient Express

Every passenger in the carriage (except for Ratchett) was involved in the murder [4, 6, 10]. They had formed a "jury" to deliver the justice that the legal system failed to provide, with each person delivering one of the twelve stab wounds [10, 12]. A mysterious stranger boarded the train at a

On the second night of the journey, the train is halted by a snowdrift in Yugoslavia [2, 7, 8]. The next morning, Samuel Ratchett, a wealthy American businessman, is found dead in his locked compartment, having been stabbed twelve times [2, 17, 19]. They had formed a "jury" to deliver the

The climax of the story reveals a unique and controversial solution. Poirot presents two possible explanations for the crime [4, 10]: