Part One -- 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 -- Part Two -- 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 the Count and Countes Andrenyi -- The evidence of the 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 -- Part Three -- 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.

"Formerly titled Murder in the Calais coach" -- Title page verso.