(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
A mysterious stranger boarded the train at a previous stop, murdered Ratchett, and escaped into the snow [4, 10]. Assassinio sull'Orient Express
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]. (known in English as Murder on the Orient
Ultimately, Poirot and his friend M. Bouc choose to present the simple solution to the local police, allowing the group to go free out of compassion for their shared tragedy [4, 5, 10]. On the second night of the journey, the