AGATHA CHRISTIE

& THE A.B.C. MURDERS

Detective Story 偵探小說 / Crime Fiction 犯罪小說

Novelist 小說家

The Queen of Crime

Two important characters /detectives :

AGATHA CHRISTIE

Hercule Poirot Jane Marple

(Miss Jane Marple)

THE A.B.C. MURDERS

Hercule Poirot’s case

Setting 場景: England

Murderer 殺手: A.B.C.

Serial Crime 連環命案

An ABC Railway Guide 英國鐵路時刻表

Victim 受害人

The 1st victim : Alice Archer in Andover

The 2nd victim: Betty Barnard in Bexhill

The 3rd victim: Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston

THE A.B.C. MURDERS

How would Hercule Poirot solve this mystery?

What is the intention of the A.B.C. murderer?

Who will be the next victim? A surname starts with D?

Mr. Hercule Poirot,

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. Perhaps you’ll find this nut

too hard to crack . Look out for Andover, on the 21st of the month.

Yours, etc.,

A.B.C.

THE FIRST LETTER

Mr. Hercule Poirot,

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. Perhaps you’ll find this nut

too hard to crack . Look out for Andover, on the 21st of the month.

Yours, etc.,

A.B.C.

THE FIRST LETTER

Mr. Hercule Poirot,

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. Perhaps you’ll find this nut

too hard to crack . Look out for Andover, on the 21st of the month.

Yours, etc.,

A.B.C.

THE FIRST LETTER

fancy yourself: 自戀

Mr. Hercule Poirot,

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. Perhaps you’ll find this nut

too hard to crack . Look out for Andover, on the 21st of the month.

Yours, etc.,

A.B.C.

THE FIRST LETTER

Mr. Hercule Poirot,

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. Perhaps you’ll find this nut

too hard to crack . Look out for Andover, on the 21st of the month.

Yours, etc.,

A.B.C.

THE FIRST LETTER

thick-headed : 愚笨之極的

Mr. Hercule Poirot,

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. Perhaps you’ll find this nut

too hard to crack . Look out for Andover, on the 21st of the month.

Yours, etc.,

A.B.C.

THE FIRST LETTER

Mr. Hercule Poirot,

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. Perhaps you’ll find this nut

too hard to crack . Look out for Andover, on the 21st of the month.

Yours, etc.,

A.B.C.

THE FIRST LETTER

this nut too hard to crack:

這個謀殺案的疑團很難被破解

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a well-constructed plot 內容結構特別

fall into a trap of puzzlement

走進推理迷宮

an unexpected ending 意想不到的結局