One character in this work fails to show up for his berth on a crowded train, and a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits is able to assist the protagonist by giving him that character's berth.  In addition to Mr. Harris and Monsieur Bouc, one character in this work is the son of a district attorney and is surprised to see the protagonist near the beginn
One character in this work fails to show up for his berth on a crowded train, and a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits is able to assist the protagonist by giving him that character's berth.  In addition to Mr. Harris and Monsieur Bouc, one character in this work is the son of a district attorney and is surprised to see the protagonist near the beginning of this work, which begins when the protagonist receives a telegram reading, "development you predicted in Kassner case has come unexpectedly.  Please return immediately" and ends after he claims that Hector MacQueen and Natalia Dragomiroff were involved in the murder of a man named Cassetti, who had earlier kidnapped and killed Daisy Armstrong.  For 10 points—name this work in which 12 people stab Samuel Ratchett to death, a Hercule Poirot mystery novel by Agatha Christie.
One character in this work fails to show up for his berth on a crowded train, and a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits is able to assist the protagonist by giving him that character's berth.  
Murder on the {Orient Express}