Dear Dr. Luongo, The third and final book I chose to close out my summer vacation was a page-turning mystery novel, The ABC Murders, written by one of my favorite authors, Agatha Christie. This book is another installment of Christie’s Detective Hercule Poirot series. In this novel, Poirot shares a letter he received from the “ABC Murderer” telling him to watch out for the small town, Andover, on the 21st, the following Friday, with his friend Captain Hastings. Poirot had feared that a murder would occur on that day. However, when Friday finally rolls around, no murder is reported. The pair meet with Inspector Glen at a small tobacco shop in Andover where the owner, Mrs. Asher, was found dead at 1 am by another policeman. At first they believe it was the husband, Mr. Asher, due to the history of threats towards Mrs. Asher and Mr. Asher’s well known violent behavior. On the contrary, the detectives toss that theory out of the door when the inspector finds a railroad guide on the counter. Poirot is the one who comes to the realization that it is an ABC railroad guide; a calling card, so to speak, from the ABC Murderer. Poirot also comes to the conclusion that the next victim's last name will begin with a ‘B’. He was right. The next victim is found four days after the Asher murder. Elizabeth (Betty) Barnard was strangled and found …show more content…
Especially ones that involve Hercule Poirot. Next to Sherlock Holmes, he’s one of my favorite detectives to read the book about. Most of the characters Christie included in this novel are very well developed. For example, Hercule Poirot has his series that consists of about 42 books written by Agatha Christie. I especially enjoyed the character, Hercule Poirot, because not only is he a great detective and able to analyze clues and evidence, but he can also use his intelligent mind to help draw conclusions in his cases, a skill that could, in fact, rival that of Sherlock