(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
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]. Assassinio sull'Orient Express
The narrative begins as Poirot boards the Orient Express in Istanbul to return to London [2, 7, 22]. (known in English as Murder on the Orient
The climax of the story reveals a unique and controversial solution. Poirot presents two possible explanations for the crime [4, 10]: They had formed a "jury" to deliver the