Mystery

The ABC Murders

by Agatha Christie · Hercule Poirot series

A serial killer is murdering victims in alphabetical order, taunting Poirot with advance warnings. The detective must catch the killer before he completes his deadly alphabet, in one of Christie's most ingeniously constructed plots. A masterclass in misdirection and the psychology of murder.

Hercule Poirot in reading order

• 1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles — Agatha Christie
• 2. The Murder on the Links — Agatha Christie
• 3. Poirot Investigates — Agatha Christie
• 4. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd — Agatha Christie
• 5. The Big Four — Agatha Christie
• 6. The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6) — Agatha Christie
• 8. Peril at End House — Agatha Christie
• 9. Lord Edgware Dies — Agatha Christie
• 10. Murder on the Orient Express — Agatha Christie
• 12. Death in the Clouds — Agatha Christie
• 13. The ABC Murders — Agatha Christie
• 14. Murder in Mesopotamia — Agatha Christie
• 15. Death on the Nile — Agatha Christie
• 17. Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17) — Agatha Christie
• 19. Appointment with Death (Hercule Poirot, #19) — Agatha Christie
• 21. Sad Cypress — Agatha Christie
• 24. Evil Under the Sun — Agatha Christie
• 25. The Hollow — Agatha Christie
• 31. Ocho Casos de Poirot (Hercule Poirot, #31) — Agatha Christie
• 32. Mrs. McGinty's Dead — Agatha Christie
• 33. After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #33) — Agatha Christie
• 36. Third Girl — Agatha Christie
• 39. Hallowe'en Party — Agatha Christie
• Poirot's Early Cases — Agatha Christie
• Problem at Pollensa Bay — Agatha Christie
• The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding — Agatha Christie
• The Early Cases of Hercule Poirot — Agatha Christie
• The Labours of Hercules — Agatha Christie
• While the Light Lasts — Agatha Christie
• Peligro inminente — Agatha Christie

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