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].
A mysterious stranger boarded the train at a previous stop, murdered Ratchett, and escaped into the snow [4, 10]. Assassinio sull'Orient Express
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