Christie, Agatha. Murder on the Orient Express or Murder in the Calais Coach, New
York: Berkley Books 1933
This story is a murder mystery.
The story takes place on a train called the "Orient Express", headed toward Istanbul Trieste Calais in the middle of winter. The train becomes snowbound after it stops in Vincovci. This presents the situation that the murderer did not board the train nor escape the train because there are no footprints in the snow. It says that the murderer is still on the train and, therefore one of the passengers.
The main character in the story is Hercule Poirot,…
