An edition of The A.B.C. Murders (1936)

The A.B.C. Murders

Poirot Solves [Hercule Poirot #13]

1st Collins Crime Club Ed
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An edition of The A.B.C. Murders (1936)

The A.B.C. Murders

Poirot Solves [Hercule Poirot #13]

1st Collins Crime Club Ed
  • 4.13 ·
  • 45 Ratings
  • 798 Want to read
  • 41 Currently reading
  • 93 Have read

There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card? To leave the ABC Railway Guide beside each victim's body. Hercule Poirot is intrigued by this murderer's mind. Something just doesn't ring true about a psychopath who lays his clues so carefully.

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Publisher
Collins Crime Club
Language
English
Pages
252

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The ABC Murders: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
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Die Morde des Herrn ABC
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2003-12, Perfect Bound
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2001, HarperCollins Publishers
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ABC Mysterie
2000, Uitgeverij Luitingh-Sijthoff
in Dutch
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ABC Contre Poirot
1996, Librairie des Champs-Elysées
Mass Market Paperback in French
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The ABC Murders
1986, Collins
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A.B.C. contre Poirot
1977, Librairie des Champs-Elysees
in French
Cover of: The A.B.C. Murders
The A.B.C. Murders
1969, Pocket Books
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Cover of: The A.B.C. Murders
The A.B.C. Murders: Poirot Solves [Hercule Poirot #13]
January 6. 1936, Collins Crime Club
Hardcover in English - 1st Collins Crime Club Ed

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London, England

Edition Notes

Manufactured in the U.K. / First edition cited in NCBEL IV, 552/ Published in the USA, February 14, 1936, by Dodd, Mead and Company.

Agatha Christie The A.B.C. Murders first edition cover 1936. [although the cover does appear to be a large paperback ed.] According to John Cooper & B. A. Pike's Artists in crime: an illustrated survey of crime fiction first edition dustwrappers, 1920-1970, Scolar Press, 1995, p. 119, the artist is unknown.--wikipedia (adaption)

Series
A Crime Club Novel
Copyright Date
1936

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912
Library of Congress
PR6005 H66 A615 1936, PZ3.C4637 A PR6005.H66

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
252p. :
Number of pages
252

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16062425M
LCCN
36027120
OCLC/WorldCat
5517690
Library Thing
30637
Goodreads
27169725

Work Description

There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way though the alphabet. There seems little chance of the murderer being caught - until her makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans . . .

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August 6, 2022 Edited by Lisa Merge works
July 11, 2020 Edited by lisaBot moving edition(s) to primary work
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September 22, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from University of Toronto MARC record.