The A.B.C. Murders [SEP] creator
The A.B.C. Murders
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 book was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 6 January 1936, sold for seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) while a US edition, published by Dodd, Mead and Company on 14 February of the same year, was priced
a reference to the novel "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", and the lovers mentioned are John and Mary Cavendish.
References in other works.
The plot of "The A.B.C. Murders" is mentioned by Detective Inspector John Appleby in Michael Innes′ novel "Appleby's End" (1945).
Chapters 393–397 of Gosho Aoyama's manga "Detective Conan" feature a case with some similarities as the criminal was inspired by the plot of "The A.B.C. Murders". Episodes 325-327 of its anime adaptation also