Murder on the Orient Express Part 1

First of all, I chose to read Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie. I chose the book because I've seen the movie numerous times and think the author is a genius. For this post, I am going to give character info. That way, you will be able to understand in the future which character is which..

The mystery begins with Monsieur Poirot, a very talented sleuth, getting on his train to Istanbul.

Character list: This is what I know as of page 50 in the book

• The Sleuth- Hercule Poirot: former Belgian police officer, now sleuth, genius, very observant.
• Appearance- Black curly moustache, short, looks comical
• M. Bouc- gets his friend involved with the mystery, is an old friend from Poirot's days on police force.
• Mary Debenham- English governess from Baghdad, intelligent
• Appearance- tall, slim, 28 yrs old
• Colonel Arbuthnot- colonel from india, very "English", polite
• Appearance- tall, 40-50 yrs old, tan skin
• Hector MacQueen- American, likeable, Ratchett's assistant
• M. Ratchett- shady character, Poirot calls him an "animal" when he first sees him
• Appearance- big false teeth, going bald, American, 60-70 yrs old
• Antonio Foscarelli's Appearance- big. Italian, "swarthy"
• Edward Henry Masterman- valet
• Cyrus Hardman- commercial traveller
• Princess Dragomiroff- Russian grand dame
• Appearance- really ugly and gaudy
• Greta Ohlsson- Swedish nurse
• Apperance- tall, middle-aged, faded yellow hair, sheep-like face
• Mrs. Hubbard- American matron
• Appearance- stout, pleasant-faced
• Hildegard Schmidt- maid to Princess
• Appearance- broad, expressionless face
• Count Andrenyi- part of Hungarian Embassy
• Appearance- 30-ish with big moustache
• Countess Andrenyi- wife of Count
• Appearance- young, pretty, brown eyes, black hair, pale, fashionable

I will update this list every few posts. Come back next week to read about the first part of the book.