The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot Series)

by Agatha Christie

Overview

In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, Hercule Poirot sets out on the trail of a serial killer.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062073587
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	51,862
Product dimensions:	5.14(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.68(d)
Lexile:	740L (what's this?)

About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became the bestselling novelist in history. She wrote 79 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare.

Hugh Fraser is known to millions as Captain Hastings, assisting Hercule Poirot in A&E's Poirot and in the Agatha Christie Mystery! series on PBS.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

What People are Saying About This

Julian Symons

A masterwork...stunningly original.

Editorial Reviews

A baffler of the first water.

New York Times Book Review

Agatha Christie at her best.

New York Herald Tribune

These are the initial eight volumes in what will grow to 24 over two years in Black Dog's new "Agatha Christie Collection." The books are all decent-quality hardcovers for a bargain price. If you're regularly replacing your Christies, gives these more durable editions a try. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

An entirely original idea.” — Daily Telegraph (London)

“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 (London)

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

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

From the Publisher

Her best yet. Where does she get hold of these brilliant notions?

Bristol Evening Post

There is no more cunning player of the murder game than Agatha Christie.

Sunday Times (London)

An entirely original idea.

Daily Telegraph (London)

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 (London)

Hugh Fraser will be familiar to listeners from the excellent PBS “Mystery” adaptations of Hercule Poirot novels in which he played the intrepid Hastings. Consequently, he makes a wonderful narrator here. These Audio Editions Mysteries cannot be recommended highly enough for quality of material and great performances at affordable prices. In this complicated maze of a mystery, people are dying in alphabetical order. Poirot knows there must be a method to this madness and digs deep to uncover a motive. Fraser is perfection itself at painting the tiny portraits of diverse individuals. Christie ties the whole canvas together to tell a complete story. To enter a world she has created is to escape your own for at least awhile, and, as is the case with any great vacation, you’ll be longing for the next time you can get away . . . with murder. D.G. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

FEB/MAR 04 - AudioFile

Hugh Fraser will be familiar to listeners from the excellent PBS “Mystery” adaptations of Hercule Poirot novels in which he played the intrepid Hastings. Consequently, he makes a wonderful narrator here. These Audio Editions Mysteries cannot be recommended highly enough for quality of material and great performances at affordable prices. In this complicated maze of a mystery, people are dying in alphabetical order. Poirot knows there must be a method to this madness and digs deep to uncover a motive. Fraser is perfection itself at painting the tiny portraits of diverse individuals. Christie ties the whole canvas together to tell a complete story. To enter a world she has created is to escape your own for at least awhile, and, as is the case with any great vacation, you’ll be longing for the next time you can get away . . . with murder. D.G. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine

FEB/ MAR 04 - AudioFile