Other editions of book The ABC MURDERS

There’s a serial killer on the loose, workinghis way through the alphabet and the wholecountry is in a state of panic.A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for BettyBarnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir Carmichael Clarkein Churston. With each murder, the killer is gettingmore confident—but leaving a trail of deliberateclues to taunt the proud Hercule Poirot might justprove to be the first, and fatal, mistake.

Back cover reads: "The first letter warned Hercule Poirot where the killer would strike. Andover, it said, on the 21st. But Poirot was too late to save old Mrs. Ascher from death. When the second letter came, Poirot moved fast. But again, he was too late. This time the victim was a good-looking waitress named Betty Barnard, and she was found dead on the beach, strangled with her own belt. Each letter was signed A.B.C. Each victim was found with an A.B.C. railroad timetable under her body. There was little else for Poirot to go on. For the first time in his career the master sleuth was powerless against a maniacal killer who was running circles around the police of an entire nation!"