The A.B.C. Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

mr. Hercule Poirot—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. Was The Anonymous Note A Brilliant Challenge Or A Crackpot Hoax? The Answer Is As Loud And Clear As A Woman's Scream—precisely That Of Alice Ascher, A Shopkeeper In Andover Bludgeoned To Death On The Job. Next To Her Corpse, A Clue That's As Simple As Abc. Alphabetically Speaking, The Master Belgian Sleuth Suspects It's Now A Matter Of One Down, Twenty-five To Go...

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agatha Christie At Her Best.