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Agatha Christie (Author)
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Publication Date: 3 Sep 2007 | Series: Poirot

Agatha Christie’s world-famous serial killer mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

There’s a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victim’s corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place.

Having begun with Andover, Bexhill and then Churston, there seems little chance of the murderer being caught – until he makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans…

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  • Paperback: 331 pages
  • Publisher: Harper; Masterpiece edition edition (3 Sep 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007119291
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007119295
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 17.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 41,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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“There is no more cunning player of the murder game than Agatha Christie.” Sunday Times

“A masterwork of carefully concealed artifice… most stunningly original.” Julian Symons

“An Agatha Christie triumph.” Morning Post

”The best thing she has ever written, compact, witty and horribly exciting.” Sunday Referee

“An entirely original idea.” Daily Telegraph

“Mrs Christie has invented an entirely new plot for a detective story – a difficult thing in these days; she is to be congratulated on the perfection of her invention.” The Times

“Her best yet. Where does she get hold of these brilliant notions?” Bristol Evening Post

“Vive Hercule Poirot! He is back again … and I, for one, am thrilled to the marrow bones … the most amazing finale for sheer ingenuity that I have ever come across … Mrs Christie has pulled it off yet again.” The Bystander

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The murderer is also playing a game with Hercule Poirot, alerting him in advance to the locations of the murders. But each time Poirot arrives it is already too late. Intrigued by the psychopath’s mind and methodology Hercule Poirot, with the help of Hastings and Japp, travels the length and breadth of England - determined to track this ruthless killer down. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Christie at her best 21 Feb 2001
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
Fans of Christie have marvelled at the 'quaint english country village with a dark secret' stories that we have known and loved for years. What a delightful departure in the ABC Murders. A brutal serial killer goades Hercule Poirot with clues as to the next victim, but he always arrives too late to save them. Why has the killer chosen to write to Hercule Poirot? What have the victims got in common? When will the killer strike again? A very clever and thoroughly enjoyable read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Imaginative 12 Mar 2007
By L. Hay VINE™ VOICE
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This is Dame Agatha at her best. A series of apparently motiveless murders connected only by the victim's initials, and copies of the "ABC of London" being left at the scene of the crimes. The readers attention is kept to the end. Certainly not a time waster for Christie fans. An enduring classic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best Poirot I have read. 6 Jun 2001
By W. O'NEILL
Format:Paperback
A fiendish puzzle, revolving around a series of totally random alphabetical murders and a sinister calling card of an ABC railway guide. Poirot has to be at this best to solve this superb mystery. The plot is exciting and the twists will keep you going right up to the end.
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Very good used book, added to my collection, to be read but can be sure it will be a good read
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This book is slightly different to most of the Poirot stories, in that the identity of the murdered is made clear very early on. Or is it? Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
This is one of the best Agatha Christie books I've ever read and I've read this book loads of times. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. A. L. Maddocks
5.0 out of 5 stars One of Poirot's best
The ABC Murders is by far one of the best Poirot novels I have read. The story is woven brilliantly with a cast of characters that seem unimportant, yet end up being really quite... Read more
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Agatha Christie books are always excellent, and the ABC murders is no exception. I did not want it to end!
Published 4 months ago by Daniel Hodges
5.0 out of 5 stars great play
fab quality of recording great sound and the performers are fantistic holding ur attention for the full length of the play recomended to any agatha christie fan
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This is one of the most interesting Poirot mysteries. It is 1935 and Hastings has returned from Argentina to visit - will he and Poirot get to hunt a murderer again? Read more
Published 9 months ago by S Riaz
5.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Christie ABC Murders
A good story for Agatha Christie fans, Hercule Poirot solves the mystery of various murders, using the clues provided by the killer from a train timetable.
Published 9 months ago by Beryl Jean
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The story is good but not the best Poirot story.
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