TY - BOOK AU - Christie,Agatha TI - The A.B.C. murders: a Hercule Poirot novel T2 - "Agatha Christie collection"--Jacket SN - 1579126243 AV - PR 6005 .H66 A62 2006 PY - 2006///] CY - New York PB - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Distributed by Workman Pub. Co. KW - Poirot, Hercule KW - Private investigators KW - England KW - Fiction KW - Belgians KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd N1 - "Published by arrangement with G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc."--T.p. verso; The letter -- Andover -- Mrs. Ascher -- Mary Drower -- The scene of the crime -- Mr. Partridge and Mr. Riddell -- The second letter -- The Bexhill-on-sea murder -- The Barnards -- Megan Barnard -- Donald Fraser -- A conference -- The third letter -- Sir Carmichael Clarke -- Marking time -- Poirot makes a speech -- By way of Sweden -- Lady Clarke -- Description of a murderer -- September 11th, Doncaster -- The Doncaster murder -- At Scotland yard -- Hercule Poirot asks questions -- And catch a fox -- Alexander Bonaparte Cust -- Poirot explains N2 - A is for Ascher, cudgeled in Andover. B is for Barnard, strangled in Bexhill. C is for Clarke, struck down in Churston. Beside each body is an A.B.C. Railway guide; before each murder Hercule Poirot is notified. In one of Christie's most twisted tales, the meticulous Belgian sleuth must navigate the eerie maze of a serial killer's mind. D is for Doncaster, where the next victim dies... E is for evidence, ingeniously analyzed UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0659/2006045734-d.html ER -