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The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)

Agatha Christie

Start date: March 1, 2019

Finish date: March 31, 2019

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Why we're reading this: Group member Jessica is organising reads of all the Poirot books.
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Jul 30, 2021 Lady Wesley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: listened, favorites, mystery-golden-age-or-similar

Utterly diabolical. I find this one of Christie’s best stories, and Hugh Fraser’s narration is the icing on the cake. It seems that all of those years working with David Suchet gave him the ability to do Poirot perfectly. Highly recommended.

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Oct 27, 2014 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Hercule Poirot receives a taunting anonymous letter telling him there will be a murder in Andover on a certain date and signed 'A B C'. When a woman is found dead in her tobacconists/newsagents shop with a copy of the ABC train timetable open at the page for Andover it seems the letter wasn't a hoax.

Another murder is announced to Poirot - this time in Bexhill. Poirot is getting increasingly concerned and he and his friend Captain Hastings are soon hot on the trail of this mystery murderer. I fo ...more

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Nov 07, 2024 Marina rated it liked it

I love that Poirot received a challenge from a serial killer. However, I dunno, this fell slightly short for me.

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Nov 19, 2017 Pranit rated it it was amazing

Shelves: hercule-poirot

Truly a gruesome murderer showing the evil side of humanity in this one 📚
What a well-written story!

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Feb 24, 2019 Jill rated it it was amazing

Shelves: agatha-christie

This was a very different book to the others. In this it is a serial killer , who tells Poirot when and where the crime will be committed. It really is captivating, as the reader is waiting for the next letter advising Poirot about the next murder. Also there are a few chapters , supposedly from the murderers point of view. We also get a lot of discussions about the mental health of killers A truly different read from what we are used to from Christie.

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Jun 18, 2015 Lynnie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2024, read-in-1980s, read-in-2000s, crime, golden-age-detective-story, audible

One of my favourite Poirot books. I listened to the audio this time, narrated by Hugh Fraser and he is superb! Obviously his Hastings is good but I loved his Poirot too. Highly entertaining.

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