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Author Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.

Title The A.B.C. murders : a Hercule Poirot novel / Agatha Christie.

Publication Info. New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, [2006]
Distributed by Workman Pub. Co.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1419922~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction  F CHRISTIE    DUE 05-12-24
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Description 252 pages ; 22 cm
Series "Agatha Christie collection"--Jacket.
Note "Published by arrangement with G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc."--Title page verso.
Summary A is for Ascher, cudgeled in Andover. B is for Barnard, strangled in Bexhill. C is for Clarke, struck down in Churston. Beside each body is an A.B.C. Railway guide; before each murder Hercule Poirot is notified. In one of Christie's most twisted tales, the meticulous Belgian sleuth must navigate the eerie maze of a serial killer's mind. D is for Doncaster, where the next victim dies... E is for evidence, ingeniously analyzed.
Contents Cast of characters -- The letter -- (Not from Captain Hastings' personal narrative) -- Andover -- Mrs. Ascher -- Mary Drower -- The scene of the crime -- Mr. Partridge and Mr. Riddell -- The second letter -- The Bexhill-on-sea murder -- The Barnards -- Megan Barnard -- Donald Fraser -- A conference -- The third letter -- Sir Carmichael Clarke -- (Not from Captain Hastings' personal narrative) -- Marking time -- Poirot makes a speech -- By way of Sweden -- Lady Clarke -- Description of a murderer -- (Not from Captain Hastings' personal narrative) -- September 11th, Doncaster -- (Not from Captain Hastings' personal narrative) -- The Doncaster murder -- (Not from Captain Hastings' personal narrative) -- At Scotland yard -- (Not from Captain Hastings' personal narrative) -- Hercule Poirot asks questions -- And catch a fox -- Alexander Bonaparte Cust -- Poirot explains.
Subject Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- England -- Fiction.
Belgians -- England -- Fiction.
Genre Mystery fiction.
ISBN 1579126243
9781579126247
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September 30 2010
SRP 2010 REVIEW: Like so many of Agatha Christie's mystery novels, The ABC Murders is a terrific, suspenseful mystery from start to finish. The premise of the novel is that a murderer is killing people in England in alphabetical order (i.e., an A named victims in a A-town followed by a B-named person in a B-town). There are some twist and turns that I did not catch, especially at the very end of the mystery. I love how Christie still humanizes her characters and gives them distinctive personalities, especially detective Hercule Poirot. This is an engaging, easy read for lovers of well written mystery novels.
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