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The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders)
The ABC Murders - Hercule Poirot, Bk 12 - aka The Alphabet Murders
Author: Agatha Christie
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 t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780671414924
ISBN-10: 0671414925
Publication Date: 6/3/1980
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3.6 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Pocket
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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cheesygiraffe avatar reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I liked it I wish I had figured out for sure who the murderer really was. I had my suspicions but wasn't defininate about them. Different murder mystery for Poriot to solve but of course he did.
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Classic Christie..read many many years ago in jr. high so cannot recall the details but good mystery...
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reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 3352 more book reviews
Classic mystery from one of the best of mystery writers, Agatha Christie. Hercule Poirot accepts the challenge of an anonymous letter and is immediately plunged into a murder only his little gray cells can solve.
reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 52 more book reviews
Classic Christie...one of my favorite Poirot books.
reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 61 more book reviews
A is for Mrs. Ascher - fatally attacked in Andover. B is for Betty Barnard - strangled on the beach in Bexhill. C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke - now a corpse in Churston... If nothing else, the murderer knew his ABC's. But the alphabetical assassin would need to know more than that to outwit the world's cleverest detective - Hercule Poirot!
reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 174 more book reviews
I thought I'd figured it out but, by golly, I hadn't. This was my first Agatha Christie book. There will be more.
reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 5 more book reviews
Great read by a great author. Loved the explanation of how Poirot's thoughts helped him to discover who the murderer was.
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enjoyed this one
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Alice Ascher from Andover is the first victim. Next to her corpse is a spellbinding clue. It seems that a killer is knocking off his victims one-by-one, A through Z. Alphabetically speaking, Hercule Poirot fears that it's a matter of one down, twenty-five to go.
AimeeM avatar reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 124 more book reviews
Classic! I love Agatha Christie.
This is a GREAT Hercule Poirot
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This is Christie at her best; many critics have put the ABC Murders in the top 10 of her books. Entertaining characters with the typical twists and turns of an Agatha Christie novel.
reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 359 more book reviews
As always, Christie is a joy and Poirot is a riot!
littlepine avatar reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 169 more book reviews
The ABC Murders proves to be the Belgian sleuth's most challenging case with Poirot trying to decipher each cryptic message and getting one step ahead of this clever and ruthless killer. I have always enjoy Agatha Christie's novels and this one is not excluded. I found it to be highly interesting with a lot of sleight of hand and subterfuge involve. I would recommend it for anyone interested in reading a story from the Queen of Crime..Agatha Christie.
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Entertaining. One of the best old style mysteries by Agatha Christie!
bamboochik avatar reviewed The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, Bk 12) (aka The Alphabet Murders) on + 54 more book reviews
All Christie books are "cozy reads" and never fail to please.

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