The A.B.C. Murders

sp;            4/30 Mystery Agatha Christie, The A.B.C. Murders, The world Publishing Company, 1945. pp. 306. 1. Captain Arthur Hastings: Mr. Hastings was a friend and an accomplice to Hercule Poirot in solving the case of the A.B.C. murders. Hercule Poirot: He was the main detective and investigator in the A.B.C. murders. He is a very intelligent and intellectual person. Mary Drower, Megan Banard, Donald Fraser, Franklin Clarke

The A.B.C Murders by Agatha Christie was one of the first truly good stories about a serial killer. It starts with Hercule Poirot receiving detailed letters about murders that are about to be committed and signed A.B.C. He shows his friend Arthur Hastings who has just arrived back in London from South America. There has now been three letters sent by A.B.C and each murder is being carried out in alphabetical order. Alice Ascher, killed in her tobacco shop in Andover, Elizabeth "Betty" Barnard, a

tell the officers everything without much provocation. He was quietly jotting down notes and nodding along as I spoke. Then he asked, “But how did this whole alphabetical plan come into mind? And why did you leave a copy of an A.B.C railway guide on each body after the murders?” It took me a few minutes to remember that Mr. Cust was the one who initially gave me the idea. His pretentious names, his insignificant personality, appearance and other characteristics struck me. He was the perfect tool to

Imagine if your name defined the day you are going to die. The author of the Anthony Award for Best Writer of the Century in 2000, Agatha Christie! Christie will take you beyond your imagination and place you in London where all the crimes had happen. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, best known as an English crime novelist. Throughout the story the author uses suspense as a distraction to the reader from the real murderer. Examples of this can be found within the plot

war effort, Christie got into writing her first book from a dare. Christie’s sister, Madge, dared Christie that she could not write a good mystery book, and to that Christie accepted. Her first work did well, but it was not until her sixth work, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, when she skyrocketed into fame and still to this day is hailed as one of the bestselling authors (Christie

Christie : An Annotated Bibliography Abbott, Randy L. "Murder On The Orient Express." Masterplots, Fourth Edition (2010):1-3. Literary Reference Center. Web. 1 June 2016. The main point of this article is that this story has most classic Christie themes including an enclosed setting (oriented express) and loose associates among suspects. In a detective novel, the suspects usually is much closer to the dead person. But in Murder On The Orient Express, the readers are aware that

first documented serial killers. Many aspects throughout Holmes’s life formed him into the kind of person he turned out to be. Influences from his childhood, his greed for money and power, and his intelligence gave him the ability to construct his “Murder Castle” and carry out the numerous killings. Studies show that children’s most formative years are from birth to age five. Born as Herman Webster Mudgett on May 16, 1861, Holmes showed signs at a very early age of great intelligence. He was raised

first documented serial killers. Many aspects throughout Holmes’s life formed him into the kind of person he turned out to be. Influences from his childhood, his greed for money and power, and his intelligence gave him the ability to construct his “Murder

from pursuing a career in music. In her books Christie seldom referred to music, although her detectives, Poirot and Miss Marple, show interest in opera and Poirot sings in THE A.B.C. MURDERS (1936) a World War I song. When Christie's mother took her to Cairo for a

did not like the way they were being represented and had wanted a change. This relates to the thesis because it shows that women did not like the way people were characterizing them and wanted to make a change for themselves. This shows how the Murder on The Orient Express uses anti-feminism when analyzing Christie’s time. Lastly, feminism is viewed in The Body in the Library. The detective, Jane Marple is the one who figures out the answer the question of who is the murderer. Agatha Christie