Murder on the Orient Express
Facing a once-in-a-lifetime choice between legal justice and human justice
April 2, 2022
Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
Golden Bough
2013-05-27
9788982737039
Review
A representative work featuring
There is no trace of intrusion by an outsider, and 12 suspects are interrogated in turn, but all suspects have perfect alibis where they serve as each other's witnesses.
And at the crime scene, only contradictory clues are found, such as a handkerchief with no owner, a pipe cleaner, and even twelve stab wounds of varying strength and depth.
The case seemed to fall into a labyrinth due to the suspects' perfect alibis and the unnatural murder scene, but eventually, Poirot reveals the whole truth.
But Poirot finishes the case while hiding the truth.
While perfectly betraying the reader's expectations, it elevates the story to a deep dimension beyond the question of
If the law does not fulfill its role, can an individual directly executing justice truly be justified?
Hercule Poirot, where a murder case occurs inside a train, a completely closed space.There is no trace of intrusion by an outsider, and 12 suspects are interrogated in turn, but all suspects have perfect alibis where they serve as each other's witnesses.
And at the crime scene, only contradictory clues are found, such as a handkerchief with no owner, a pipe cleaner, and even twelve stab wounds of varying strength and depth.
The case seemed to fall into a labyrinth due to the suspects' perfect alibis and the unnatural murder scene, but eventually, Poirot reveals the whole truth.
But Poirot finishes the case while hiding the truth.
While perfectly betraying the reader's expectations, it elevates the story to a deep dimension beyond the question of
Whodunit to Whydunit (why did they have to become the culprits?).If the law does not fulfill its role, can an individual directly executing justice truly be justified?