The A.B.C. Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery - Hardcover

Christie, Agatha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579126243 ISBN 13: 9781579126247

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2006

Synopsis

Alice Ascher, a shopkeeper in Andover, is bludgeoned to death at her place of work. Next to die is Miss Bernard in Bexhill, then Mr. Clarke in Churston. More disturbing than the alphabetic sequence of the killings or the ABC Railway guide that the killer leaves at the scene of each crime are the taunting notes Hercule Poirot receives each time the killer is about to strike again. It is one of Poirot’s most challenging cases yet.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic.

A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. With each murder, the killer is getting more confident—but leaving a trail of deliberate clues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might just prove to be the first, and fatal, mistake.

About the Author:

Agatha Christie was born in 1890 and created the detective Hercule Poirot in her debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920). She achieved wide popularity with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926) and produced a total of eighty novels and short-story collections over six decades. Twenty-four of Christie's best whodunits are now available from Black Dog & Leventhal as part of their bestselling hardcover Agatha Christie Collection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1579126243
• ISBN 13: 9781579126247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256