Hercule Poirot - Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express (London: Collins, 1934) also called Murder on the Calais Coach (New York: Dodd Mead, 1934) is a 1934 novel by Agatha Christie. Widely considered Christie's most famous novel, it stars brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.



The book was first published in Saturday Evening Post, from July 1 to September 30, 1933.







Characters



The Victim:



* Mr. Ratchett, an unsavory-looking man with a dark secret.



The thirteen suspects:



* Hector McQueen, a tall, handsome, young American man, the victim's secretary and translator.

* Edward Henry Masterman, the victim's British valet.

* Pierre Michel, the French conductor of the Calais coach.

* Mary Debenham, a tall, dark, young British woman, working as a governess in Baghdad.

* Colonel Arbuthnot, a tall British army officer returning from India.

* Princess Natalia Dragomiroff, an elderly and very ugly Russian grande dame.

* Hildegarde Schmidt, a middle-aged German woman, the Princess' lady's maid

* Count Rudolf Andrenyi, a tall, dark Hungarian diplomat with English manner and clothing, travelling to France.

* Countess Helena Andrenyi, nee Goldenberg, his pale young wife.

* Greta Ohlsson, a middle-aged blonde Swedish missionary returning home for a vacation.

* Mrs. Caroline Martha Hubbard, a plump, elderly, very excitable American returning from a visit to her daughter, a teacher in Baghdad.

* Antonio Foscarelli, a portly and exuberant Italian businessman.

* Cyrus Hardman, a large and gregarious Texan typewriter ribbon salesman.



Other main characters:



* The Detective - Hercule Poirot

* The Director - M. Bouc

* The Doctor - Dr. Constantine



Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_On_The_Orient_Express