Murder on the Orient Express

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HarperPaperbacks 
by Agatha Christie 
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS 
THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY 
POSTERN OF FATE 
CROOKED HOUSE 
ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE 
THE CLOCKS 
Coming Soon 
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD 
CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS 
POIROT INVESTIGATES 
THE MIRROR CRACK’D 
ENDLESS NIGHT 
BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS 
MURDER WITH MIRRORS 
FUNERALS ARE FATAL 
NEMESIS DEAD MAN’S FOLLY 
DEATH COMES AS THE END 
DESTINATION UNKNOWN 
MRS. McGINTY’S DEAD 
A CARIBBEAN MYSTERY 
DEATH ON THE NILE 
PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT 
THE MOUSETRAP AND OTHER PLAYS 
MURDER IS EASY 
4:50 FROM PADDINGTON 
AT BERTRAMS HOTEL 
SPARKLING CYANIDE 
THE PALE HORSE 
HICKORY DICKORY DOCK 
SLEEPING MURDER 
THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY 
THIRD GIRL 
HERCULE POIROT’S CHRISTMAS 
CURTAIN 

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AGATHA 
CHRISTIE 
Murder on 
the Orient 
Express 
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This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. 
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Copyright © 1933, 1934 by Agatha Christie 
Copyright © renewed 1960,1961 by Agatha Christie Mallowan 
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This book was previously published under the title “Murder in the Calais Coach.’ 
Cover illustration by Jenny Tylden-Wright 
First HarperPaperbacks printing: November 1991 
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CONTENTS 

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12........................................................................................................................................... 82 
THE EVIDENCE OF THE GERMAN LADY’S-MAID................................................. 82 
13........................................................................................................................................... 86 
SUMMARY OF THE PASSENGERS’ EVIDENCE....................................................... 86 
14........................................................................................................................................... 90 
THE EVIDENCE OF THE WEAPON............................................................................. 90 
15........................................................................................................................................... 94 
THE EVIDENCE OF THE PASSENGERS’ LUGGAGE ............................................... 94 
PART III ..................................................................................................................................... 102 
HERCULE POIROT SITS BACK AND THINKS ................................................................ 102 
1........................................................................................................................................... 102 
WHICH OF THEM?....................................................................................................... 102 
2........................................................................................................................................... 106 
TEN QUESTIONS.......................................................................................................... 106 
3........................................................................................................................................... 109 
CERTAIN SUGGESTIVE POINTS .............................................................................. 109 
4........................................................................................................................................... 114 
THE GREASE SPOT ON A HUNGARIAN PASSPORT............................................. 114 
5........................................................................................................................................... 118 
THE CHRISTIAN NAME OF PRINCESS DRAGOMIROFF...................................... 118 
6........................................................................................................................................... 121 
A SECOND INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL ARBUTHNOT..................................... 121 
7........................................................................................................................................... 123 
THE IDENTITY OF MARY DEBENHAM .................................................................. 123 
8........................................................................................................................................... 126 
FURTHER SURPRISING REVELATIONS ................................................................. 126 
9........................................................................................................................................... 130 
POIROT PROPOUNDS TWO SOLUTIONS ................................................................ 130 

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