In this extract from the novel, Hercule Poirot has received a mysterious letter from A B C., but the police cannot see any relevancy in the letter, which warns of an incident in Andover on the 21st of the month.
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Death on the beach Agatha Christie – The ABC Murders Part 02 Buy Agatha Christie on Steam – The ABC Murders: Agatha Christie – The AB. In 1933, retired detective Hercule Poirot is targeted by a taunting killer who sends letters signed 'ABC', which Poirot must decode in order to discover the identity of the murderer. Murders (Hercule Poirot #13), Agatha Christie The A.B.C. Murders is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, featuring her characters Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp, as they contend with a series of killings by a mysterious murderer known only as 'A.B.C.' The ABC Murders is a 2018 BBC One mystery thriller television serial loosely based on Agatha Christie 's 1936 novel of the same name. It was broadcast over three consecutive nights beginning on 26 December 2018. It was adapted by Sarah Phelps and directed by Alex Gabassi. Agatha Christie's famous detective, Hercule Poirot (John Malkovich) is racing against time to stop serial killer known as 'A.B.C.' In a cat and mouse chase across the length of Britain, will Poirot prevail before the murderer stages his next crime?
Taken from Chapter 3, Andover
Poirot looked at me sadly.
‘You have made there a very pretty résumé of nearly all
the detective stories that have ever been written.’
‘Well,’ I said. ‘What would you order?’
Poirot closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. His
voice came purringly from between his lips.
‘A very simple crime. A crime with no complications.
A crime of quiet domestic life…very unimpassioned—very
intime.’
‘How can a crime be intime?’
‘Supposing,’ murmured Poirot, ‘that four people sit down
to play bridge and one, the odd man out, sits in a chair by
the fire. At the end of the evening the man by the fire is
found dead. One of the four, while he is dummy, has gone
over and killed him, and intent on the play of the hand, the
other three have not noticed. Ah, there would be a crime
for you! Which of the four was it?’
‘Well,’ I said. ‘I can’t see any excitement in that!’
Poirot threw me a glance of reproof.
‘No, because there are no curiously twisted daggers, no
blackmail, no emerald that is the stolen eye of a god, no
untraceable Eastern poisons. You have the melodramatic
soul, Hastings. You would like, not one murder, but a
series of murders.’
‘I admit,’ I said, ‘that a second murder in a book often
cheers things up. If the murder happens in the first chapter,
and you have to follow up everybody’s alibi until the last
page but one—well, it does get a bit tedious.’
The telephone rang and Poirot rose to answer.
‘’Allo,’ he said. ‘’Allo. Yes, it is Hercule Poirot speaking.’
He listened for a minute or two and then I saw his face
change.
His own side of the conversation was short and disjointed.
‘Mais oui…’
‘Yes, of course…’
‘But yes, we will come…’
‘Naturally…’
‘It may be as you say…’
‘Yes, I will bring it. A tout à l’heure then.’
He replaced the receiver and came across the room to me.
‘That was Japp speaking, Hastings.’
‘Yes?’
‘He had just got back to the Yard. There was a message
from Andover…’
‘Andover?’ I cried excitedly.
Poirot said slowly:
‘An old woman of the name of Ascher who keeps a little
tobacco and newspaper shop has been found murdered.’
I think I felt ever so slightly damped. My interest, quickened
by the sound of Andover, suffered a faint check. I had
expected something fantastic—out of the way! The murder
of an old woman who kept a little tobacco shop seemed,
somehow, sordid and uninteresting.
Poirot continued in the same slow, grave voice:
‘The Andover police believe they can put their hand on
the man who did it—’
I felt a second throb of disappointment.
‘It seems the woman was on bad terms with her husband.
He drinks and is by way of being rather a nasty customer.
He’s threatened to take her life more than once.
‘Nevertheless,’ continued Poirot, ‘in view of what has
happened, the police there would like to have another look
at the anonymous letter I received. I have said that you and
I will go down to Andover at once.’
My spirits revived a little. After all, sordid as this crime
seemed to be, it was a crime, and it was a long time since
I had had any association with crime and criminals.
I hardly listened to the next words Poirot said. But they
were to come back to me with significance later.
‘This is the beginning,’ said Hercule Poirot.
‘You have made there a very pretty résumé of nearly all
the detective stories that have ever been written.’
‘Well,’ I said. ‘What would you order?’
Poirot closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair. His
voice came purringly from between his lips.
‘A very simple crime. A crime with no complications.
A crime of quiet domestic life…very unimpassioned—very
intime.’
‘How can a crime be intime?’
‘Supposing,’ murmured Poirot, ‘that four people sit down
to play bridge and one, the odd man out, sits in a chair by
the fire. At the end of the evening the man by the fire is
found dead. One of the four, while he is dummy, has gone
over and killed him, and intent on the play of the hand, the
other three have not noticed. Ah, there would be a crime
for you! Which of the four was it?’
‘Well,’ I said. ‘I can’t see any excitement in that!’
Poirot threw me a glance of reproof.
‘No, because there are no curiously twisted daggers, no
blackmail, no emerald that is the stolen eye of a god, no
untraceable Eastern poisons. You have the melodramatic
soul, Hastings. You would like, not one murder, but a
series of murders.’
‘I admit,’ I said, ‘that a second murder in a book often
cheers things up. If the murder happens in the first chapter,
and you have to follow up everybody’s alibi until the last
page but one—well, it does get a bit tedious.’
The telephone rang and Poirot rose to answer.
‘’Allo,’ he said. ‘’Allo. Yes, it is Hercule Poirot speaking.’
He listened for a minute or two and then I saw his face
change.
His own side of the conversation was short and disjointed.
‘Mais oui…’
‘Yes, of course…’
‘But yes, we will come…’
‘Naturally…’
‘It may be as you say…’
‘Yes, I will bring it. A tout à l’heure then.’
He replaced the receiver and came across the room to me.
‘That was Japp speaking, Hastings.’
‘Yes?’
‘He had just got back to the Yard. There was a message
from Andover…’
‘Andover?’ I cried excitedly.
Poirot said slowly:
‘An old woman of the name of Ascher who keeps a little
tobacco and newspaper shop has been found murdered.’
I think I felt ever so slightly damped. My interest, quickened
by the sound of Andover, suffered a faint check. I had
expected something fantastic—out of the way! The murder
of an old woman who kept a little tobacco shop seemed,
somehow, sordid and uninteresting.
Poirot continued in the same slow, grave voice:
‘The Andover police believe they can put their hand on
the man who did it—’
I felt a second throb of disappointment.
‘It seems the woman was on bad terms with her husband.
He drinks and is by way of being rather a nasty customer.
He’s threatened to take her life more than once.
‘Nevertheless,’ continued Poirot, ‘in view of what has
happened, the police there would like to have another look
at the anonymous letter I received. I have said that you and
I will go down to Andover at once.’
My spirits revived a little. After all, sordid as this crime
seemed to be, it was a crime, and it was a long time since
I had had any association with crime and criminals.
I hardly listened to the next words Poirot said. But they
were to come back to me with significance later.
‘This is the beginning,’ said Hercule Poirot.
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The ABC Murders is an adventure and investigation game adapted from the classic Agatha Christie novel. The player embodies the famous Hercule Poirot in a 3rd person perspective adventure game packed with mysteries. Once again, the private detective will find himself up against a mysterious opponent who goes by the name of 'ABC'. Your intelligence will never have been so challenged!
You will have to explore many crime scenes in various cities set in beautiful surroundings across the United Kingdom. Leave no stone unturned when it comes to cross examinations and deadly puzzles!
Observe, question and explore everything possible in order to make the smartest deductions and understand the murderer’s plans!
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KEY FEATURES
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Examinations: The player can collect information by examining suspects and paying attention to what they say, how they say it and how they feel.
Puzzles: The player will have to solve puzzles in order to obtain more clues.
Deductions: Depending on the clues collected, the player will be able to make deductions and find out more about the murderer.
Timeline: As the player draws conclusions and progresses through the story, he can use Poirot's Timeline. This means that Hercule Poirot can build a timeline with all the relevant events revealed during the investigation.
Puzzles: The player will have to solve puzzles in order to obtain more clues.
Deductions: Depending on the clues collected, the player will be able to make deductions and find out more about the murderer.
Timeline: As the player draws conclusions and progresses through the story, he can use Poirot's Timeline. This means that Hercule Poirot can build a timeline with all the relevant events revealed during the investigation.