Cast of characters
The facts: An important passenger on the Taurus Express
The Tokatlian Hotel
Poirot refuses a case
A cry in the night
The crime
A woman
The body
The Armstrong kidnapping case
The evidence: The evidence of the wagon lit conductor
The evidence of the secretary
The evidence of the valet
The evidence of the American lady
The evidence of the Swedish lady
The evidence of the Russian princess
The evidence of Count and Countess Andrenyi
The evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot
The evidence of Mr. Hardman
The evidence of the Italian
The evidence of Miss Debenham
The evidence of the German lady's-maid
Summary of the passengers' evidence
The evidence of the weapon
The evidence of the passengers' luggage
Hercule Poirot sits back and thinks: Which of them?
Ten questions
Certain suggestive points
The grease spot on a Hungarian passport
The christian name of Princess Dragomiroff
A second interview with Colonel Arbuthnot
The identity of Mary Debenham
Further surprising revelations
Poirot propounds two solutions.