Part Three: Bringing it all Together

The final verdict on The Murder on the Orient Express was revealed and I was beyond shocked. Once the answer surfaced, the pieces fit together perfectly. The problem I had was figuring out which of the thirteen other passengers delivered justice to the man known as Mr. Ratchett. There was equal evidence to prove each passengers innocence; they all had alibis. Everybody claimed to be with somebody at the time the murder occurred. This problem, was not a problem at all, and revealed the murderer of Mr. Ratchett. The answer was right in front of me. There were twelve passengers involved in the murder, and they were all equally guilty. The only person not guilty was Countess Andrenyi, as her husband took her spot in the murder. Each person stabbed this man once. Mrs. Hubbard, Princess Dragimiroff, Count Andrenyi, Pierre Michel, Mr. Hardman, Mary Debenham, Hildegarde Schmidt, Greta Ohlsson, Edward Masterman, Antonio Foscarelli, Hector MacQueen, and Colonel Arbuthnot all stabbed this man once, explaining the reasoning for the different types of blows given to the corpse. These people were all related somehow to the Armstrong family and felt great anger when Mr. Ratchett wasn't convicted. They felt they must take matters into their own hands. Mrs. Hubbard happened to be the famous actress known as Linda Arden and had to act the most throughout the elaborate plan. The only fault in their plan was when Mrs. Hubbard asked Greta if the connecting door was locked because her sponge bag was in the way of the lock. It happened to be that the sponge bag was dangling from the handle, and that it would be in the way of the lock if she was in an even room number. Yet, Mrs. Hubbard stayed in an odd number where the connecting door lock would be above the handle. The sponge bag could not have blocked the view of the lock. Otherwise, their plan was planned and executed flawlessly. Poirot was quite smart and thought out of the box to figure out those that killed the man. Upon figuring out their plan, they admitted their guilt. Poirot then decided that he would tell the police his first scenario and justice would be served. Overall, this book was exquisite and will go down as one of my favorites. The suspense lasted up until the last few pages, the many plot twists had the reader changing their minds on whom to blame, and the ending placed all of the pieces together into a perfectly assembled puzzle.