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ABC Murders By Agatha Christie

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What drives a serial killer? Could it be mindless, or possibly planned through a strong motivation? In ABC Murders by Agatha Christie, readers will find the answer to this question, and hopefully lots more. In this detective mystery novel published on January 6, 1936, the main character Hercule Poirot and his partner Captain Hastings will try and save countless lives as a murderer on the loose strikes at people based on their initials and location. Although, this may sound easy to pinpoint, they struggle to find this criminal in such big cities, and no evidence but an “ ABC “ map. This book meets the requirements to be deemed a “ well written mystery “ in three different ways. All happenings make out as logical and reasonable explanations, the crime did not happen on accident or turned out as a result of suicide, and the criminal’s motive showed clearly understanding. …show more content…

The crimes committed by Franklin Clarke take place in the real world, and were all involving only real things. On page 331, Hercule states “ Yes {Mr. Clarke}, I found the stick that you used in the Andover and Churston murders in a cupboard in Combeside... Your photograph was picked out from half a dozen others by two people who saw you leaving the cinema when you were supposed to be on the race-course at Doncaster “ This correct accusation clearly shows that Mr. Clarke was the murderer, and realistically committed those crimes. So, there are no supernatural beings in this one, just an ordinary

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