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Old 12-25-2013, 08:06 AM   #18402
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Finished "The ABC Murders" by Agatha Christie (US title "The Alphabet Murders"). This was her 25th book, originally published in 1936.

A serial killer who murders people in alphabetical order of name taunts Poirot that he cannot be caught.

Pretty good, but not one of her best. This book is notable in that it's the last time we see Poirot's sidekick, Captain Hastings, until the very final Poirot book, "Curtain".
The timing of the release of the two books that had been originally intended for posthumous release was pure Christie. The unexpected outcome of Curtain enhanced the reader's apprehension while reading Sleeping Murder (which actually was released after Christie's death). If she could do do what she did to Poirot in Curtain, what on earth might she have in mind for poor Miss Marple in her final adventure?
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