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In Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is traveling on the Orient Express when a passenger named Mr. Ratchett is murdered. Stranded by a snowstorm, Poirot investigates and discovers that Ratchett was actually a notorious gangster named Cassetti. Through careful analysis, Poirot ties the murder to twelve passengers who all had a motive to kill Cassetti due to his involvement in a tragic kidnapping case. The book includes depictions of murder, death of a child, kidnapping, xenophobia, and racism.