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The A.B.C. Murders
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Archive: Poirot Buddy Reads
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Group member Jessica is organising reads of all the Poirot books.

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Shabbeer Hassan
Christie delivers another gem with this one, where Hercule Poirot matches wits with a killer working through the alphabet. The premise is admittedly theatrical—murders arranged by letter with convenient railway guide connections—yet Christie transforms this seemingly contrived setup into an engaging puzzle.

Poirot's methodical brilliance shines as he navigates the alphabetical breadcrumbs, proving once again why he's fiction's most celebrated Belgian export. Christie's talent for misdirection rem
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Grisette
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Laura
Oct 12, 2016 rated it liked it
I'd give it 3.5 stars. I'm realizing that I like the books WITHOUT Hastings a little better. ...more
Rhiannon
Jan 03, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: crime-mystery
This was my first Agatha Christie and boy did i choose a good one. Read this as i wanted to watch the adaptation of the ABC murders on BBC one over the xmas period. And this book did not disappoint. I loved it. It deiffany had Poriot stumped. Loved the twists and turns when you think you know who did it bam it's not who you think. Can not wait to read more Christie I love the fact that you can read these books in any order I did not get confused one bit while reading. Already want to reread it a ...more
Megan
Jun 05, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Despite the inclusion of Hastings I really liked this one
Grisette
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Julie Durnell
Feb 10, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: england-uk, mystery
Ruth
Dec 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: mine, mystery, kindle
Rai
Jun 08, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: murder-mystery
Tina
Nov 19, 2012 marked it as to-read
Ruskoley
Apr 20, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery
Ann
Dec 30, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Elizabeth Stultz
Oct 07, 2018 marked it as to-read
Jerry Scot
Oct 07, 2018 marked it as to-read
Lis
Nov 27, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery-thriller
Dirk Kelly
Dec 24, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kuheli De
Jan 02, 2019 rated it really liked it
Annie
Aug 05, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: agatha-christie
Jeff
Jan 23, 2021 rated it it was amazing
Karen M
Jun 04, 2022 rated it really liked it
Pat
Jul 04, 2020 marked it as to-read
Benita
Feb 08, 2021 rated it really liked it
Kerry Hammond
Jun 19, 2022 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: agatha-christie
Nikki
Oct 24, 2022 rated it it was amazing
Sarah
Jul 08, 2023 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sonia
Jul 11, 2023 rated it really liked it
Shelves: rereads, 2023, audiobooks