Having considered different approaches to the definition of the precedent phenomenon the author singles out the main properties of that phenomenon. Hercule Poirot fans, twirl your moustaches and get your copy of Murder in Mesopotamia, Poirot’s next adventure.The article deals with the lingual analysis of the precedent phenomena in a short story «The ABC Murders» written by A. The current title was adapted for TV in Agatha Christie's Poirot, starring David Suchet as Poirot and Hugh Fraser as Hastings. Some of her best known books are A Mysterious Affair at Styles, Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, And Then There Were None and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. She created several best-selling storylines centred around timeless characters such as Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence and Parker Pyne.
Can Poirot catch the ABC murderer in time before he kills right through the entire alphabet or has the little Belgian detective finally found his match?Īgatha Christie was an English novelist best known for her murder mystery novels. He has misspelled Poirot’s name, and that is a clue in itself for Poirot’s grey cells. The third letter is what unnerves Poirot the most, for the hitherto meticulous murderer has made a mistake. This time he lists Bexhill, and like clockwork, the body of Betty Barnard is found lifeless on the mentioned date. ABC moves methodically and then sends Poirot another letter. And surely enough, Alice Ascher is murdered in her shop at Andover. Colonel Arthur Hastings, Poirot’s close friend and confidante, brushes this off as the ravings of a madman but Poirot knows better. It mentions Andover and gives Poirot a date, claiming that a murder is going to take place. The letter is neatly typed, signed as ABC and challenges Poirot to a contest of wits. Indeed, his fame seems to have outrun his luck when he receives a rather curious and disturbing letter in the mail.
Hercule Poirot is one of the best private detectives one can find. The ABC Murders is a detective novel by Agatha Christie in which Hercule Poirot is challenged by a murderer.
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