The A.B.C. Murders
The single truth hidden behind the veil of madness
March 25, 2022
The A.B.C. Murders
Agatha Christie
Golden Bough
2013-05-27
9788982737442
Review
It begins with the arrival of an anonymous letter signed
The letter mocks Poirot by predicting an incident that will occur in Andover on a specific date.
The police dismiss it as a prank, but indeed, on the predicted date, Alice Ascher, who ran a tobacco shop in Andover, is found murdered.
And an open ABC Railway Guide is placed next to the body.
Subsequently, B and C serial murders occur, and an ABC Railway Guide is invariably left at the crime scene.
The media is gripped by fear at the appearance of an unprecedented alphabetical serial killer.
As the investigation proceeds, all evidence points to one man, but Poirot is convinced that this too is a trap and that there is another true culprit.
He solves the case using the fact that the letters predicting the murders were intentionally sent to the wrong addresses to reach him late as a decisive clue.
I certainly think it's a masterpiece that was ahead of its time.
The author used
I think I can properly appreciate this work even more by reading it again knowing the identity of the culprit.
A.B.C. to Hercule Poirot.The letter mocks Poirot by predicting an incident that will occur in Andover on a specific date.
The police dismiss it as a prank, but indeed, on the predicted date, Alice Ascher, who ran a tobacco shop in Andover, is found murdered.
And an open ABC Railway Guide is placed next to the body.
Subsequently, B and C serial murders occur, and an ABC Railway Guide is invariably left at the crime scene.
The media is gripped by fear at the appearance of an unprecedented alphabetical serial killer.
As the investigation proceeds, all evidence points to one man, but Poirot is convinced that this too is a trap and that there is another true culprit.
He solves the case using the fact that the letters predicting the murders were intentionally sent to the wrong addresses to reach him late as a decisive clue.
I certainly think it's a masterpiece that was ahead of its time.
The author used
false clues, not just at the level of minor red herrings, to hide the culprit.I think I can properly appreciate this work even more by reading it again knowing the identity of the culprit.