Alexandar Bonapart Cust, an old, dim-witted, ordinary salesman of stockings. It seems ABC mistook him for a man sitting only two seats away named Roger Emanuel Downs. But, in spite of the extreme precautions, ABC successfully murders a man called George Earlsfield. When Poirot receives the fourth letter, the police, the legion of friends of the deceased, Hasting and Poirot himself go to Danver, all determined to stop the murder. By declaring himself beforehand, ABC has actually saved these persons from bearing the burden of the crime. On interviewing the families and friends of the victims, Poirot observes that in every case, there was at least one person who had a motive to be the murderer. The ABC has left only one apparent clue with the dead body of every victim – ABC railway guides. Poirot and police reach the house of Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston only to find him murdered in the woods. The third letter however goes astray and reaches Poirot only on the morning of the day of the murder. Now, everybody is taking Mr ABC seriously. ABC proceeds in alphabetical order and the second letter is followed by murder of a girl called Elizabeth “Betty” Bernard in Bexhill. But, Poirot is proved right when an old lady shopkeeper named Alice Ascher is found murdered in Andover. While Poirot’s sixth sense tells him to take this man seriously, the police department considers it as one of the many anonymous notes they receive on daily basis.

ABC informing him about the murder he is going to commit giving the exact date and place of the crime.

The chase starts when Poirot receives a typewritten letter from a Mr. The book is considered one of her best works and is a thrilling adventure from start to end.The book features Hercule Poirot in his full glory along with Arthur Hastings and Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard. Published in 1936, The ABC Murders added significantly to Agatha Christie’s fame as a genius of a crime-writer.

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