sib Posted February 23, 2008 Posted February 23, 2008 Fast-paced Poirot case. A string of murders which seem to have an alphabetical connection puzzles Poirot, Hastings and the police, but all is not as it seems. A few twists and red herrings keep the reader guessing until the end. 8 out of 10 Quote
rosegarden Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Thanks for that ~ it sounds good. I love Agatha Christie. I have a couple of her audiobooks to listen to ........... The Secret of Chimneys and Miles of Mystery. I've just listened to A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh, which I quite enjoyed. Carole Quote
jenmck Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 I love this Christie book. It doesn't beat "Murder After Hours" but it's one of my favorites. Quote
Pilgrim Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 I love Agatha and it's been a while but this is one of the better ones assuming it's the one with the train schedule. I have a bad memory which means that I'll probably be able to reread her when I can't find any more good mystery writers to discover and won't know the "who-done-it". Quote
~V~ Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 (edited) I love Agatha and it's been a while but this is one of the better ones assuming it's the one with the train schedule. I have a bad memory which means that I'll probably be able to reread her when I can't find any more good mystery writers to discover and won't know the "who-done-it". I've done that a number of times with hers for exactly the same reason I love this Christie book. It doesn't beat "Murder After Hours" but it's one of my favorites. I had to look that up in an English-American dictionary It's 'The Hollow' over here Edited June 11, 2008 by Maureen Quote
Pilgrim Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 Thanks for that ~ it sounds good. I love Agatha Christie. I have a couple of her audiobooks to listen to ........... The Secret of Chimneys and Miles of Mystery. I've just listened to A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh, which I quite enjoyed. Carole I love the Chimneys books and I think there's only one more (with the rich girl) - might be wrong - there's a French detective - LeFarge or something - sounding kind of like a Dickens character, there - that's where I had to find out what the Surete was - I think - I could be wrong. Ah, ~V~, I feel so free now to babble on about things I might totally have wrong because of time and lost cells of the brain (as M. Poirot might say). Quote
~V~ Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 Ah, ~V~, I feel so free now to babble on about things I might totally have wrong because of time and lost cells of the brain (as M. Poirot might say). Or you could look them up on my link above and see the plot synopses Quote
Echo Posted June 10, 2008 Posted June 10, 2008 I'd like to add my review of this book: Date of Publication: 1935 Number of Pages: 184 Synopsis (from back cover): A is for Mrs. Ascher - fatally attacked in Andover. B is for Betty Barnard - strangled on the beach in Bexhill. C is for Sir Carmichael Clarke - now a corpse in Churston. If nothing else, the murderer knew is ABCs. But the alphabetical assassin would need to know more that that to outwit the world Quote
Suzanna Addison Posted May 3, 2009 Posted May 3, 2009 I love Hercule Poirot and this book more than any others had me enthralled!!! Watch out for the brief mention of St. Mary Mead ... the village where her other eponymous creation lived. Miss Marple! Btw, new here and this is my very first post! Quote
Genevieve Posted May 3, 2009 Posted May 3, 2009 Bonjour and welcome Suzannah. Me, I think I have read every single thing Agatha has written, I do love her. And also I read of her memoirs as she travelled to the digs each year with her second and very loyal husband Max. I do not know why Agatha disliked Poirot so much, me I love him and would have loved to have him as a friend and travelling buddy on the trains, a great love of mine. And I loved Hasting and Miss Lemon and Chief INspector Japp. and the fact that Hercule had a crush on the Russian countess oui? How romantic. Quote
Suzanna Addison Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 That one was on ITV3 the other morning and it was sweet. Especially as he seems such a batchelor. Proves that even HE can fall for the charms of a beautiful and intelligent woman. Quote
bethany725 Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 It was refreshing to have a main character, the dapper Poirot, instead of some gritty detective with emotional problems. Poirot is brilliant, polished, and funny. He Quote
SueK Posted May 6, 2009 Posted May 6, 2009 This is my favourite Poirot story and it is also the only DVD I own of all the Poirot series. Quote
bethany725 Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Finally ran across this in the library the other day, so snagged it.. starting it today. Quote
Scarlette Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 I have this on my wishlist. I've recently become somewhat obsessed with Christie's work, so I will definitely be reading ABC Murders in the future. Right now, I'm reading Death on the Nile. Quote
bethany725 Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Let me know how you like that one, Scarlette.. I've never read it. I'm only about 80 pages into "The ABC Murders" so far, but it's a great read so far! Quote
catwoman Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 My favourite of all her books maybe because it was my first Christie book. I read it as a teen and I even pulled a sickie from school so I could finish reading it. If you like who dunnits, this is the book to read. Quote
SweetiiPie85 Posted July 29, 2009 Posted July 29, 2009 I have loads of Agatha Christie books which my great Auntie gave me. She bought them when she was younger and they only cost her 20p each . I haven't gotten round to reading them all yet but I will be having a look when I get home to see if I have The ABC Murders. Quote
mirandashell Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) I do not know why Agatha disliked Poirot so much, me I love him and would have loved to have him as a friend and travelling buddy on the trains, a great love of mine.And I loved Hasting and Miss Lemon and Chief INspector Japp. and the fact that Hercule had a crush on the Russian countess oui? How romantic. It think it was more that she got really fed up with all the quirks and personal habits she'd given him. It must have got labourious after a while. There's actually a really funny scene in another book where AC uses Mrs Oliver, her alter-ego, to complain about her detective, the vegetarian, vegetable- mincing, Finn. Sorry, my post above was to a post on the front page! I really ought to quote in my posts.... Edited January 28, 2010 by Janet Added the missing quote. :-) Quote
Raven Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Another, "I really should get around to reading this" comment [from me], as I picked up a copy last year in a 5 x Poirot novels for a fiver deal. Quote
vinay87 Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 One of my fav Christie books. Someone daring Hercule Poirot to solve a case is someone who wants to be caught. Quote
emelee Posted May 30, 2010 Posted May 30, 2010 First book by Agatha Christie I read and I loved it. Then I went on to read 2 other famous books of hers, The murder on the orientexpress and Then there were none. Loved all 3 of them. Terrific stories and they really do keep you reading!!! Quote
Nicola Booth Posted May 30, 2010 Posted May 30, 2010 I love Agatha Christie! I saw an offer 2 years ago in my sister-in-laws catalogue from her book person. I snagged 10 Poirot books for Quote
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