Name: Kath's review of A. B. C. Murders by Agatha Christie
Item: A. B. C. Murders
Rating: 5
Author: Kath

Agatha Christie

A. B. C. Murders

Agatha Christie's world-famous serial killer mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victim's corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place. Having begun with Andover, Bexhill and then Churston, there seems little chance of the murderer being caught - until he makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans...

The ABC Murders

Sarin Booi

Yes, they are useful-fingerprints. He added thoughtfully: I put that in to please you, my friend.' 

'But, Poirot, I cried, 'wasn't it true?" 

Not in the least, mon ami' said Hercule Poirot.

Words, mademoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas.'

I've heard of you, she said. You're the fashionable private sleuth, aren't you? 

Not a pretty description but it suffices, said Poirot.

Anthony Teo

A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)

ABC Murders

Kath

Can't help but think of Detective Conan since that one's my time, haha! Another Agatha Christie book that I really enjoyed reading. Hercule Poirot is smart, and his way of solving the crime is astounding. This is the first Hercule Poirot Mystery that I've read.

lala

In a small library-café I found this second hand copy of A.B.C. murders for only 250 JPY. I brought it home along with a copy of The Labours of Hercules. My mom is a big fan of Agatha Christie and has virtually almost all titles of Christie's work in Indonesian translation, so I thought 250 JPY is a very good deal. I didn't think I would enjoy this book that much because I don't usually incline towards detective novels but this one blew my mind. Mom always says that the beauty and genius of Christie's work is in how she crafted the dialogues between characters and I can read it very well-- The novel engages us and keep us interesting without giving away as to _who done it_. I prefer this one than the other Christie book I have read, The Body in the Library.

Sandrin

Silvia Lucchini

Ottimo giallo, come dal resto la maggior parte di quelli della Christie. Appassionante, intricato, tuttavia non lo giudicherei come uno dei migliori dell'autrice. Sicuramente il finale è interessante, ma il colpo di scena non risulta essere così inaspettato. Anche in inglese la scrittura è estremamente piacevole e scorrevole.

Katrina Meyers

Wynter

A very different kind of mystery from the Dame. Hastings is back for a visit and assists Poirot in pursuing a serial killer, who follows alphabetical order for choosing his victims! There is also a separate point of view within narrative that complicates things. Oh, and Papa Poirot acts as a Cupid in the end once again. 

Grisly fact: there were three real-life Alphabet Murders committed in the early 70's in New York State, which to this day are unsolved. Life imitates art.

A Hercule Poirot Mystery

It was great i was completely immersed a real page turner

Selma El khatib

This was my first murder mystery book and I loved it. I couldn’t put the book down

Courtney Green

Liz B

A great twist & a plot that has often been copied in modern day

The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot)

Courtney 

i didn't... enjoy this. the concept itself was alluring, i guess, but the execution was generally terrible. it was obvious that the red herring was, in fact, a red herring, because it would've been just too easy if was ***, and the prose was drab. and, choosing to use first person outsider POV added nothing to the story. i get that christie was going for the whole sherlock-watson thing but it doesn't come across, like, at all. 

krisha mathur

amazing story and plot though i had guessed the murderer long before

Ipshita Kanungo

3.55⭐ My first Christie book
And it was as expected. Even tho ik Agatha is the queen of mystery novels and ABC is one of her finest works, i still didn't have skyrocketing expectations coz one, it's a classic. And classics disappoint you some way or other. This was still pretty good. The second half kept at edge then in the last few chapters i was literally holding my breath, and the last two chapters, OMG. What happened was something I really didn't expect I'll be honest I mean I suspected that very early but it was just me suspecting every character but the last reveal was well done and didn't seem out of place (special points for that)
My only problem was the first half. It was too slow for my liking, and as it's a classic you kind of know the plot and some spoilers too, so even tho ik that people r going to be killed alphabetically and bla bla bla, i still had to read to not miss the details. But everything is worth it for the last bit which was really cleverly done so pick this up! 

ashwitherow

Everything I expected from Agatha Christie. She hasn’t disappointed me yet, and may it continue so. Such intriguing characters and plot-lines; plus I never suspected the killer.

There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victim's corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place.Having begun with Andover, Bexhill and then Churston, there seems little chance of the murderer being caught - until he makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans...To mark the 80th anniversary of Hercule Poirot's first appearance, and to celebrate his renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this collection of facsimile first editions will be the perfect way to enjoy these books in their original form - 15 novels and one short story collection. Reproducing the original typesetting and formats of the first editions from the Christie family's own archive copies, these books sport the original covers which have been painstakingly restored from the best available copies, reflecting five decades of iconic cover design.

Betty

A great story, just a slow narrative. An interesting read for those who enjoy murder mystery 

Rose Stanley

This was a reread to see whether it was worth shelling out for one of those fancy hardback editions Waterstones is currently doing and...I don't think it is. The dual narrative is clever though, and the villain is a particularly nasty piece of work, IMO.

Giulia Pianta

** spoiler alert **
           I believe this is considered by many the best novel centered on Poirot, and I may not agree, but just because there are too many good ones that could take the title. But I believe this is definitely a strong contestant.

I have to say I wasn't as deceived as I usually am. I could tell there was something wrong with the primary suspects and found it too easy. I also guessed that maybe the murders were all trial-and-error for the important one, and I wasn't that far off. I found the solution of the case extremely brilliant nonetheless, and I could have never guessed how the culprit was.
I can say I am satisfied by this book.

Jasmine Tania

interesting journey, not a very interesting ending

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Mayra Melo

Kate

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Анастасия Розова

Agatha is an amaxing woman! Gee, she always decieves me. When I think I have the answer, she is like "nope!" and I'm always suprised in the end. 
Loved this book, read it in less than a day. Certanly will be reading more of her books.

Jayarna La Bozzetta

Just a reminder to myself to not read this again. First time the ending felt totally obvious to me and it was also super boring. 2 stars is kind of harsh since this is definitely better then some of the trash three star reads I've read but I know Ms Christie can do better than this

Beatriz

2.5 stars 
After reading Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None, this was a let down for me. I thought it was a bit boring and although I didn't predict the ending it didn't surprise or wow me.

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