The A.B.C. Murders is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, featuring her characters Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp, as they contend with a series of killings by a mysterious murderer known only as "A.B.C.". The book was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 January 1936, sold for seven shillings and sixpence while a US edition, published by Dodd, Mead and Company on 14 February of the same year, was priced $2.00. The form of the novel is unusual, combining first-person narrative and third-person narrative. This approach was previously used by Agatha Christie in The Man in the Brown Suit. In The A.B.C. Murders the third-person narrative is supposedly reconstructed by the first-person narrator of the story, Arthur Hastings. The initial premise is that a serial killer is murdering people with alliterative names.
| Author | Agatha Christie |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
| Preceded by | Death in the Clouds |
| Followed by | Murder in Mesopotamia |
About The ABC Murders
Three-part television program based on Agatha Christie's novel of the same name and centered around retired detective Hercule Poirot's investigation of the killer who sends letters signed "ABC."
Achievement of The ABC Murders
Alex Gabassi directed all three episodes of the mystery drama series which was written by Sarah Phelps.
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Latest information about The ABC Murders updated on July 28 2021.
