Murder on the Orient Express A murder is discovered, and Poirot's trip home to London from the Middle East is interrupted to solve the murder. The US title of "Murder in the Calais Coach" was used to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel "Stamboul Train" which had been published in the United States as "Orient Express". After taking the Taurus Express from Aleppo in Syria to Istanbul, private detective Hercule Poirot arrives at the Tokatlian Hotel. There he receives a telegram prompting him to return to London. He instructs the concierge to book a first-class compartment on the Simplon-route Orient Express service, leaving
The Murder at the Vicarage does not participate in the investigation since his presence as the narrator was unnecessary in a filmed version. "The Murder at the Vicarage" was released by HarperCollins as a graphic novel adaptation on 20 May 2008, adapted and illustrated by "Norma" (Norbert Morandière) (). This was translated from the edition first published in France by in 2005 under the title of "L'Affaire Protheroe". The novel was first serialised in the US in the "Chicago Tribune" in fifty-five instalments from Monday, 18 August to Monday, 20 October 1930. The dedication of the book reads: "To Rosalind" The subject of this dedication