The A.B.C. Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)

<p><i>mr. Hercule Poirot&#151;you Fancy Yourself, Don't You, At Solving Mysteries That Are Too Difficult For Our Poor Thick-headed British Police? Let Us See, Mr. Clever Poirot, Just How Clever You Can Be.</i> Was The Anonymous Note A Brilliant Challenge Or A Crackpot Hoax? The Answer Is As Loud And Clear As A Woman's Scream&#151;precisely That Of Alice Ascher, A Shopkeeper In Andover Bludgeoned To Death On The Job. Next To Her Corpse, A Clue That's As Simple As Abc. Alphabetically Speaking, The Master Belgian Sleuth Suspects It's Now A Matter Of One Down, Twenty-five To Go...</p><h3>new York Herald Tribune</h3><p>agatha Christie At Her Best.</p>