Express | Assassinio Sull'orient
A mysterious stranger boarded the train at a previous stop, murdered Ratchett, and escaped into the snow [4, 10].
(known in English as Murder on the Orient Express ) is one of Agatha Christie's most famous detective novels, featuring the meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot [5, 15]. The story is renowned for its intricate plot and its "closed-room" setting aboard a luxury train stranded in a snowdrift [1, 10]. The Plot: A Crime in Isolation Assassinio sull'Orient Express
With the train isolated from the outside world, Poirot interviews the twelve other passengers in the Calais carriage [5, 6, 23]. He discovers that many of them have hidden connections to the Armstrong family [6, 7, 20, 22]. The Resolution: A Moral Dilemma A mysterious stranger boarded the train at a
The narrative begins as Poirot boards the Orient Express in Istanbul to return to London [2, 7, 22]. The Plot: A Crime in Isolation With the
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].