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  <title><![CDATA[The ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery]]></title>
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  <default_description>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&amp;#8217;s most challenging cases yet.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1936</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Agatha Christie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one was ok...nothing too exciting.  I was able to pick out the bad guy early but this was at the end of a Christie reading marathon so I was totally satuarated wiht her writing style.  <br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Grace]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun May 04 21:44:29 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy the Poirot tales, though I often get a little impatient with the ones which are told from the first person narrative of Captain Hastings, who frequently plays Watson to the Belgian detective's Sherlock.  These stories, in particular, often seem a bit too heavily padded with scenes where the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21123626">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40597120">
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Geometry Students]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 21 10:14:35 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 21 10:17:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>5</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I try to get my math students to read mysteries, because the logical skills of finding a pattern and using inductive and deductive reasoning are often skillfully laid out.  If you've read this book, you know why its one that I use to illustrate that point in my class.  Sadly, the point is underappre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40597120">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51335027">
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  <date_added>Thu Apr 02 19:50:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 02 22:36:13 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[   <em>The ABC Murders</em> by Agatha Christie is a mystery novel that is part of the famous Poirot detective series. I picked up this book because I am an avid mystery reader. While reading some other mystery novels I came upon a case that made many references to Agatha Christie’s novel <em>The ABC Murders</em>. A...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51335027">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72124296">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 22 10:40:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 22 10:52:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well. I liked this one, but less than Murder on the Orient Express. For three reasons I suppose: (1) This one gave me more cause for wussiness. Multiple murders occurred, and for no apparent reason. The work of a madman with no cause is much scarier than what happened in MotOE. (2) I don't want to g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72124296">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66857210">
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Aug 14 08:02:24 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very enjoyable read.  Dame Agatha lulls you into a false sense of self-confidence of making you think you know who the killer is, but leaving enough clues for you to look back and think yourself the fool when the book wraps up.<br/><br/>I love the character of Hercule Poirot, so it is a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66857210">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66546789">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Fri Aug 07 09:54:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bien sûr, la retraite a ses charmes... <br/><br/>Cependant, Hercule Poirot ne peut s'empêcher, de temps à autre, de reprendre du service. <br/><br/>Oh ! pas pour n'importe quelle affaire, bien entendu. Un détective aussi célèbre que lui ne se dérangerait, pas pour un meurtre ordinaire. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66546789">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65277918">
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 28 10:41:37 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 28 10:47:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hmm, I could get quite addicted to Agatha Christie.<br/><br/>I appreciate I'm a bit behind the times with this realisation, and the rest of you already know how much fun Christie's whodunits are, but I've only read one of her books before and haven't watched any of the various TV/film adaptations.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65277918">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63285456">
    <user id="223993">
    <name><![CDATA[Anne]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 13 09:52:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 25 15:14:00 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[With well over 50 books to her credit, Agatha Christie is someone I like to turn to when I'm in the mood for a quick, but good, mystery. In this one, detective Hercule Poirot receives an anonymous letter alluding to a crime that will soon take place. A woman whose name begins with a &quot;A&quot; is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63285456">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37078342">
    <user id="1607410">
    <name><![CDATA[Ingrid]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Mystery/Agatha Christie fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 06 18:40:19 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 20 04:09:44 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;You fancy yourself, don't you, at solving mysteries that are too difficult for our poor thick-headed British police? Let us see, Mr. Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be.&quot;<br/><br/>The retired Belgian Detective, Hercule Poirot received a letter sent from the mysterious A.B.C warnin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37078342">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64347172">
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a clever story!  The book starts with Hercule Poirot receiving a letter challenging him to stop a murder that is planned for a specific town on a specific date.  The police believe that the letter is a hoax, until a woman is found murdered.  It quickly becomes apparent that this murder is inten...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64347172">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73089591">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who likes mysteries]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[The author's celebrated name]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 01 07:55:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 01 08:04:07 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>once</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book was written in 1935 and is a different style of writing. It takes longer to get into the story for there is a great deal of prefacing, i.e., getting acquainted with the characters and so forth before I could get excited about the story.  Having nothing else to read at the moment, I stuck w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73089591">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77385109">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Nov 16 04:50:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, I tried two of Ms. Christie's books, but I didn't enjoy either. This one was a bit better than The Body in the Library, but not by much. It seems like she deliberately picks the most unlikely, ridiculous ending possible just to surprise, and then hopes you won't notice how stupid it is. Poirot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77385109">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46036445">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Feb 16 14:47:42 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot of things frustrated me about this book.  Christie goes out of her way to make the crimes extremely alphabetical (Betty Barnard was killed in Bexhill on the beach with a belt), yet super-smart Poirot and the smart police only ever realize that people with the <em>last</em> name starting with the letter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46036445">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42235270">
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    <name><![CDATA[Metagnat]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like a light mystery, and Agatha Christie did them better than anyone else. I went through a period of reading all of her stuff that I could get my hands on when I was eleven or twelve, and it's pleasant to come back to her work as an adult and find that it still holds up as entertaining. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42235270">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="51441064">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 03 20:02:25 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 03 20:15:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[hehehehe akhirnya selesai juga...<br/>duh senangnya... *mengelap keringat....+ makan bakso..<br/><br/>akhirnya kemarin di paksain selesai, abis penasaran sama ceritanya, plus mikir juga ini buku gak kelar2.. :p<br/><br/>isi ceritanya gak berat2 amad...<br/>gak perlu mikir jauh2, terus terjatuh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51441064">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[For someone who is identified with the cozy village mystery, Agatha Christie spent a lot of time fight against the form and nowhere more than here.<br/><br/>She creates a serial killer who is challenging the detective to solve the puzzle and she seemingly presents the killer as he plans his crime....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19711380">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>&quot;You fancy yourself, don't you, at solving mysteries that are too difficult for our poor thick-headed British police? Let us see, Mr. Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be.&quot;</em><br/><br/><br/><strong><u>The Good:</u></strong> A serial killer uses the alphabet to direct his crimes, first killing Alice Ascher fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19622486">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 24 16:54:30 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[As with most Agatha Christie novels, the mystery solution was imaginative and complicated. Ms. Christie does an admirable job misleading her reader - once you are sure you have solved it, she reveals the true killer to be someone you never suspected! I love the character of Hercule Poirot - the vain...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40855623">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Jun 30 19:51:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyable. I've read this several times. I guess I'm not very critical of Agatha Christie. Even if she is not totally on her game, she's still better than most of the rest. And she was so prolific.<br/><br/>It's always a pleasure to see the &quot;little grey cells&quot; at work.<br/><br/>The pri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61135093">more...</a>]]></body>
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