Summary of the murder on the orient express
This is the summary for The Murder on the Orient Express, by: Agatha Christie that is found on the back or inside cover of the book.
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 is locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be 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…
Here is the summary that I created for The Murder on the Orient Express, by: Agatha Christie
WARNING! MURDERER(S) MENTIONED!
In the Tokatlian Hotel, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot sees a man whose face he does not like. A mere few days later, this same man (whose name is Ratchett) lies dead in his berth. A snowdrift has literally stopped the Orient Express in its tracks, making it impossible for the police to reach the train before the murder has the chance to strike again. So, detective Hercule Poirot, persuaded by his friend and fellow passenger M. Bouc, decides to take the matter of identifying the murderer(s) into his own hands. He, M. Bouc, and Dr. Constantine investigate the body, find clues, and interview the passengers aboard the Orient Express. However, the more clues they find, the more information they gather, and the closer the three seem to be getting to finding the identity of the murderer(s), the more confusing the case becomes. None of the clues fit together, and the whole case seems impossible! But, the amazing Hercule Poirot sits back and thinks, and comes up with an solution to the crime that seems just as crazy as the crime itself. All of the passengers (including the conductor and not including M. Bouc, Poirot, Dr. Constantine, and Countess Andrenyi) were the murderers! After sifting through lies, red herrings, and confusing bits of evidence, the three conclude that all twelve of the passengers (thirteen counting the Countess, however, she was not involved in the murder) had connections to the Armstrong family, a family in which a horrific tragedy had occurred a few years earlier. It turns out that Ratchett's real name was Cassetti, and that he had kidnapped and murderer sweet Daisy Armstrong when she was only a little girl. Then, Cassetti had escaped punishment almost entirely, causing the remaining members of the family to go after him, plotting to murder Cassetti themselves. And that is exactly what they did.
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 is locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be 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…
Here is the summary that I created for The Murder on the Orient Express, by: Agatha Christie
WARNING! MURDERER(S) MENTIONED!
In the Tokatlian Hotel, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot sees a man whose face he does not like. A mere few days later, this same man (whose name is Ratchett) lies dead in his berth. A snowdrift has literally stopped the Orient Express in its tracks, making it impossible for the police to reach the train before the murder has the chance to strike again. So, detective Hercule Poirot, persuaded by his friend and fellow passenger M. Bouc, decides to take the matter of identifying the murderer(s) into his own hands. He, M. Bouc, and Dr. Constantine investigate the body, find clues, and interview the passengers aboard the Orient Express. However, the more clues they find, the more information they gather, and the closer the three seem to be getting to finding the identity of the murderer(s), the more confusing the case becomes. None of the clues fit together, and the whole case seems impossible! But, the amazing Hercule Poirot sits back and thinks, and comes up with an solution to the crime that seems just as crazy as the crime itself. All of the passengers (including the conductor and not including M. Bouc, Poirot, Dr. Constantine, and Countess Andrenyi) were the murderers! After sifting through lies, red herrings, and confusing bits of evidence, the three conclude that all twelve of the passengers (thirteen counting the Countess, however, she was not involved in the murder) had connections to the Armstrong family, a family in which a horrific tragedy had occurred a few years earlier. It turns out that Ratchett's real name was Cassetti, and that he had kidnapped and murderer sweet Daisy Armstrong when she was only a little girl. Then, Cassetti had escaped punishment almost entirely, causing the remaining members of the family to go after him, plotting to murder Cassetti themselves. And that is exactly what they did.