- UK
- Collins, London, Jan. 1936
- Dairy Express, Nov.28-Dec.12 1935
- US
- Dodd Mead, New York, Feb. 1936
- Cosmopolitan, Nov. 1935
Plot
There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling-card: to leave the ABC Railway Guide beside each victim's body. But if A is for Alice Ascher, bludgeoned to death in Andover, and B is for Betty Bernard, strangled with her belt on the beach at Bexhill, then who will victim C be?
Hercule Poirot is intrigued by this murderer's mind. Something just doesn't ring true about a psychopath who lays his clues so carefully.
Contents
1. The Letter
2. (Not from Captain Hastings' Personal Narrative)
3. Andover
4. Mrs Ascher
5. Mary Drower
6. The Scene of the Crime
7. Mr Partridge and Mr Riddell
8. The Second Letter
9. The Bexhill-on-Sea Murder
10. The Barnards
11. Megan Barnard
12. Donald Fraser
13. A Conference
14. The Third Letter
15. Sir Carmichael Clarke
16. (Not from Captain Hastings' Personal Narrative)
17. Marking Time
18. Poirot Makes a Speech
19. By Way of Sweden
20. Lady Clarke
21. Description of a Murderer
22. (Not from Captain Hastings' Personal Narrative)
23. September 11th. Doncaster
24. (Not from Captain Hastings' Personal Narrative)
25. (Not from Captain Hastings' Personal Narrative)
26. (Not from Captain Hastings' Personal Narrative)
27. The Doncaster Murder
28. (Not from Captain Hastings' Personal Narrative)
29. At Scotland Yard
30. (Not from Captain Hastings' Personal Narrative)
31. Hercule Poirot Asks Questions
32. And Catch a Fox
33. Alexander Bonaparte Cust
34. Poirot Explains
35. Finale
Characters
Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, Alice Ascher, Franz Ascher, Mary Drower, Elizabeth "Betty" Barnard, Megan Barnard, Donald "Don" Fraser, Sir Carmichael Clarke, Lady Charlotte Clarke, Franklin Clarke, Thora Grey, George Earlsfield, Alexander Bonaparte Cust, Dr. Thompson, Insp. Crome, Chief Insp. James Japp
Colonel Anderson, Insp. Wells, Dr. Kerr, Superintendent Carter, Capstick, Insp. Glen, Insp. Kelsey, Sergeant Jacobs, Jameson, Colonel Jerome, Mary Stroud, Strange, Bert Smith, Roger Emmanuel Downes, Deveril, Police Constable Dover, Tom, Tom Hartigan, James Partridge, Mr. Barnard, Geoffrey Parnell, Harry, Milly Higley, Mrs. Fowler, Briggs, Sam Baker, Ball, Lily Marbury, Mrs. Marbury, Miss Merrion, Insp. Rice, Mr. Leadbetter, Albert Riddell, Katherine Royal, Miss Rose, Dick Willows, Curdie, George, Platt, Edie, Mabel Homer, Capper, Mr. Court, Mr. Brunskill, Sir Lionel, Stoneman, Dr. Logan, Hill, Lord Trenchard, Lucas, Maynard, Cole
Films & TV
- The Alphabet Murders, US, 1965
- Film list
- The ABC Murders, ITV/UK, 1992
- Agahta Christie's POIROT IV
- ABC satsujin-jiken, NHK/JP, 2004
- Meitantei POIROT to MARPLE
- ABC satsujin-jiken, JP, 2005
- TV drama list
- Les meurtres ABC, FR, 2009
- Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 1
- Grandmaster, India, 2012
- Film list
UK/US covers
Collins / HarperCollins
- Collins, 1936 1st edition; ♦Bevis Benneworth
- Collins, 1937
- White Circle
- White Circle
- White Circle, 1958
- Colins, Crime Club, 1962
- Fontana, 1962; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Fontana, 1965
- Fontana, 1967; ♦Lauralee(ManorBooks)
- Fontana, 1970; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 13th 1984; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Fontana, 1988
- HarperCollins, 1995/PB, 1998/HB
- HarperCollins, 1996; Diamond Anniversary edition.
- HarperCollins, 2001
- Collins
- HarperCollins, 2006; Facsimile edition
- HarperCollins, 2007; Masterpiece edition
- HarperCollins, 2011
- Center Point Large Print, 2011
- Harper, 2013
- HarperCollins, 2018
- HarperCollins, 2018; TV tie-in edition
- HarperCollins, 2018; TV tie-in edition
- Newbury House Publishers, 2019; large print edition
Dodd,Mead
- Dodd,Mead, 1936 1st edition
- Dodd,Mead,
Pocket Books
- Pocket(88), 1941
- Pocket(2088), 1955
- Pocket, 1963
- Pocket, 1966
- Pocket(50438), 1968
- Pocket, 1970
- ?
- Pocket, 1971; ca: Tom Adams*
- Pocket, 1974
- Pocket, 1986 62nd
Penguin
- Penguin, 1948
- Penguin, 1952
- Penguin Book/CD-Rom for Pack, 2010
Berkley
- Berkley, 1998
- Berkley
- Berkley, 1991
- Berkley, 2005
Pan
- Pan, 7th, 1979
- Pan(GP95), 1958; ca: Jack Keay
others
- Putnam, Winterbrook edition, 1985
- Albatross, 1937
- Tower Books, 1945
- G.K.Hall, 1988
- Black Dog & Leventhal; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
- Planet Three Publishing, 2002
Magazine
- Cosmopolitan, November, 1935
Audio
Game
Western Europe covers
ABC contre Poirot
Le Masque (#263) 1938
- Le Masque, 1950
- Le Masque, 1964
- Le Masque, 1980
- Le Masque, 1984
- Le Masque, 2000
- Masque Christie, 2007 fac similé
- Masque Christie, 2011
- Le Masque
Club des Masques (#296) 1976
- Club des Masques, 1977
- Club des Masques, 1982
- Club des Masques, 2001
Le Livre de Poche (#1703) 1966
- Le Livre de Poche, 1966
- Le Livre de Poche, 1987
- Le Livre de Poche, 1988
- Le Livre de Poche
- Le Livre de Poche, 2006
- Le Livre de Poche, 2009
Le Livre de Poche jeunesse (#67) 1982
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse, 1982
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse, 1999
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse, 2003
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse
- Le Livre de Poche Jeunesse, 2014
others
- Hachette, 2005
- Grand Format Christie, 1999
- Edito-Service S.A., 1978
ABC mysterie / Het ABC-mysterie
- Le Masque, 1950
- Le Masque, 1964
- Le Masque, 1980
- Le Masque, 1984
- Le Masque, 2000
- Masque Christie, 2007 fac similé
- Masque Christie, 2011
- Le Masque
- Club des Masques, 1977
- Club des Masques, 1982
- Club des Masques, 2001
Le Livre de Poche (#1703) 1966
- Le Livre de Poche, 1966
- Le Livre de Poche, 1987
- Le Livre de Poche, 1988
- Le Livre de Poche
- Le Livre de Poche, 2006
- Le Livre de Poche, 2009
Le Livre de Poche jeunesse (#67) 1982
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse, 1982
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse, 1999
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse, 2003
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse
- Le Livre de Poche Jeunesse, 2014
others
- Hachette, 2005
- Grand Format Christie, 1999
- Edito-Service S.A., 1978
ABC mysterie / Het ABC-mysterie
- Le Livre de Poche, 1966
- Le Livre de Poche, 1987
- Le Livre de Poche, 1988
- Le Livre de Poche
- Le Livre de Poche, 2006
- Le Livre de Poche, 2009
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse, 1982
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse, 1999
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse, 2003
- Le Livre de Poche jeunesse
- Le Livre de Poche Jeunesse, 2014
others
- Hachette, 2005
- Grand Format Christie, 1999
- Edito-Service S.A., 1978
ABC mysterie / Het ABC-mysterie
- Hachette, 2005
- Grand Format Christie, 1999
- Edito-Service S.A., 1978
ABC mysterie / Het ABC-mysterie
- Sijthoff, 1962
- Sijthoff, 1969
- Sijthoff, 1974; ♦Eric Gellaerts
- Sijthoff, 1974
- Sijthoff, 1974
- Sijthoff, 1979
- Sijthoff, 1983
- Sijthoff, 1988; ca: Karel Dekker
- Luitingh-Sijthoff/Poema, 1992
- Pantheon, 2014
- HLN, 2015
- Overamstel Uitgevers, 2015
- Grote Letter Bibliotheek, 2017
Die Morde des Herrn ABC / ABC-Fahrplan / ABC-Morde
- Scherz(170), 1963
- Scherz(170), 1972
- Scherz(170), 1976
- Scherz, 1981
- Scherz(750), 1981
- Scherz(750), 1991
- Scherz
- Scherz, 1994
- Scherz, 1994
- Scherz
- Scherz, 1997
- Scherz, 1997
- Bertelsmann, 1976
- Weltbild, 1995
- Fischer, 2007
- Weldbild, 2003
- Hachette, 2008
- Atlantik, 2014
- Filmprogramm
- Filmprogramm
Audio
Northern Europe covers
ABC-morden
- Bonniers, 1938
- Bonniers, 1951
- Zebra, 1967
- Delfinserien, 1968; ca: Per Åhlin
- Bonniers, 1982
- Bonniers, 1985
- Bonniers, 1987
- Bonniers, 1998
- Bonniers, 2001
- Bonniers, 2006
- Storstilsbiblioteket, 2003
- EB: Bookmark, 2014
ABC mordene
- Hasselbalchs, 1938
- Carit Andersen, 196?
- Carit Andersen(#3), 1960
- Forum, 1984
- Rosenkilde & Bahnhof, 2013 (ebook)
- Peter Asschenfeldts nye Forlag, 1998
Audio
Mord etter alfabetet
- Aschehoug, ; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Aschehoug, 1972; ♦Erik Artell
- Aschehoug, 1978
- Aschehoug, 1987
- Aschehoug, 1995
- Aschehoug, 1988
- Aschehoug, 2010
Aikataulukon arvoitus
- WSOY, 1938; ca: Eeli Jaatinen
- WSOY/Riksin Sarja 30 (100 mk), 1952; ca: Eeli Jaatinen
- WSOY, 1978
- WSOY, 1980
- WSOY/SAPO, 1989
- Loisto, 2009
- WSOY/Bon-pokkarit, 2016
Audio
ABC-leyndarmálið
ABC mõrvad
- Kupar, 1993
Žmogžudystė pagal abėcėlę / ABC žmogžudystės / Detektyvo ABC
- Mintis, 1993
- Spindulys, 1991
Southern Europe covers
La serie infernale
- I libri gialli (#173), 1937
- I capolavori dei gialli Mondadori (#218), 1963
- I Classici del Giallo (#476), 1985
- Mondadori, 1989
- I Classici del Giallo (#665), 1992; ca: Carlo Jacono
- Mondadori: Oscar scrittori moderni, 1995
- Mondadori: Oscar scrittori moderni, 2002
- Hachette Fascicoli, 2002
- Mondadori: Oscar junior, 2015
- Corriere della Sera
- Mondadori: ebook, 2015
Los asesinatos del ABC / El misterio de la guía de Ferrocarriles
- Biblioteca Oro, 1941
- Biblioteca Oro, 1952
- Biblioteca Oro, 1958; ♦Pablo Ramirez Jr.
- Biblioteca Oro(#144), 1958
- Biblioteca Oro(#144), 1959
- Biblioteca Oro, 1979; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Molino, 1987
- Planeta, 1993
- Círculo de Lectores, 1994
- Molino, 2002
- Molino, 2003
- Círculo de Lectores, 2004
- RBA, 2010
- RBA (EPUB, 2013)
- RBA, 2014
- Espasa, 2018
- Planeta
Assassinats per ordre alfabètic
- La Llar del Llibre, 1991
- Columna, 1996
Os Crimes ABC / Os Crimes do ABC / O ABC do Crime / Mensagens Sinistras
Os Crimes ABC
- Nova Fronteira, 1979
- Círculo do Livro, 1987
- Record, 1987
- Record, 1996
- L&PM, 2009
- Nova Fronteira, 2015
- ♦Gabriel Paschoal
Os Crimes do ABC
- ASA(#43), 2007
- Colecção Vampiro(#167)
- RBA
Os ABC do Crime
Mensagens Sinistras
- Companhia Editora Nacional, 1949
Η υπογραφή του δολοφόνου (Φόνοι σε αλφαβητική σειρά)
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ
- ΕΡΜΕΙΑΣ
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ(A174), 2003
ABC / АБЦ убиства / ABC ubistva / Ubistva po abecedi
- Kosmos (Beograd): Zelena Biblioteka(34), 1959; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
- Beograd : Narodna knjiga Alfa, 1997
- Narodna knjiga & Politika (Beograd), 2006; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
- Nova knjiga, 2015
- Mladinska knjiga, 2016
Ubojstva po abecedi
- Globus (Zagreb), 1976; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
Umori po abecedi
- Mladinska knjiga (Ljubljana), 1993
- Mladinska knjiga (Ljubljana), 2005; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
Ubojstva po abecedi
Азбучните убиства
- ЃУРЃА, 2009; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
Eastern Europe covers
Vraždy podľa abecedy
- Smena, 1965
- Zelená knižnica, 2013
Vraždy podle abecedy
- Odeon, 1970
- Knižní klub, 1993
- Knižní klub, 2000
- Knižní klub, 2009
Audio
Az ABC-gyilkosságok / Poirot és az A.B.C.
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 1975; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 1991; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2000; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2007; ♦Horváth Tamás
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2010; ♦Horváth Tamás
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2012
- Helikon, 2017
Азбучни убийства / Азбучните убийства / Азбучни убийства
- библиотека Лъч, 1968
- Абагар, 1994
- Epa(#1), 2006
- Epa, 2018
A.B.C.
- Czytelnik, 1961
- Dolnośląskie, 1997
- Hachette(#12), 2001
- Wydawnictwo Spes, 2002
- Prószyński i s-ka, 2005
- Dolnośląskie, 2005
- Dolnośląskie, 2009
- Dolnośląskie, 2010
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Agatha Christie Kolekcja Kryminałów(#2), 2014
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2015
Audio
Crimele A.B.C. / Ucigaşul ABC
- Excelsior-Multi Press, 1992
- RAO, 2009
- RAO, 2012
- RAO, 2015
Убивства за абеткою / Вбивства за алфавітом
- Книжный Клуб, 2018
Убийства по алфавиту / Убийство по алфавиту / В алфавитном порядке / Убийство в алфавитном порядке
- Интербук, 1990
- Курьер, 1990
- Вся Москва, 1990
- Экология, 1991
- Международный книжный дом, 1997; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Центрполиграф, 2003
- АСТ
- АСТ, 2004
- АСТ
- Эксмо, 2009
- Эксмо, 2010
- Эксмо, 2011
- Эксмо, 2013
- Эксмо, 2015
- Эксмо, 2018
- Hachette, 2016
Middle East & Asian covers
მკვლელობა ანბანის მიხედვით
Cinayet Alfabesi / Dilsiz Tanık
- Ak, 1963
- Altın, 1971
- Altın, 1973
- Altın, 1984
- Altın, 2000
- Altın, 2005
- Altın, 2018
תעלומת האלפא ביתא
جرائم الأبجدية ⁄ جرائم الحروف الهجائية ⁄ أبجدية القتلى ⁄ القاتل الخفي ⁄ الجرائم الأبجدية
- أبجدية القتلى
Jarir Reader, 2012
- القاتل الخفي
- الجرائم الأبجدية
---
1999
- القاتل الخفي
الدار العربية للعلوم ناشرون
2003
قتل به ترتیب الفبا ⁄ الفباي جنايت ⁄ قتل به ترتيب حروف الفبا ⁄ جنايت الفبايي ⁄ الفبا و جنايت ⁄ قتلهای الفبایی
A.P. = anno Persico (Persian year); Persian index
- قتلهای الفبایی
Hermes books, A.P.1392
- مهر, A.P.1372
- فكر روز, A.P.1374
- افشار, A.P.1373
(Hindi) ABC मर्डर्स / (Malayalam) എ ബി സി നരഹത്യകൾ / (Marathi) द एबीसी मर्डर्स
- (Hindi) *Harper Hindi, 2014
- (Malayalam) D C Books, 2013
- (Marathi) Padmagandha Prakashan, 2014
ABC මිනීමැරුම්
Mengenal si Pembunuh / Pembunuhan ABC
- Mengenal si Pembunuh, Pocket Books Ind
- Gramedia, 1988
- Gramedia, 1993
- Gramedia, 2012
- Gramedia, 2017
ฆาตกรรม เอ.บี.ซี ⁄ ฆาตกรรมวิปริต ⁄ เอบีซีฆาตกรรม
- ฆาตกรรมวิปริต, ---, 2542; ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
- ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
- ฆาตกรรมวิปริต, TSG Publishing, 2547
- เอบีซีฆาตกรรม, ซิลเวอร์ เซอร์เคิล, 2531
- ฆาตกรรมวิปริต, ---,
- ฆาตกรรมวิปริต, สร้างสรรค์บุ๊คส์, 2548(2005); ♦Ratakorn
- ฆาตกรรมวิปริต, (ePUB), 2013
- ฆาตกรรม เอ.บี.ซี, แพรวสำนักพิมพ์, 2015
- ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
- ฆาตกรรมวิปริต, น้องใหม่, 2533
- สร้างสรรค์บุ๊คส์
CHUỖI ÁN MẠNG A.B.C
- Nxb Văn hóa Thông tin, 2015
ABC謀殺案 / ABC怪案 / ABC系列谋杀案 / ABC殺人案 / ABC谋杀案
ABC謀殺案
- 遠景出版, 1982
- 風雲時代, 1987
- 遠景出版, 1988
- 遠景, 1992
- 遠流 2002
- 遠流出版, 2010
ABC怪案
- 聯廣圖書, 1985
ABC系列谋杀案
- 农村读物出版社, 1987
ABC殺人案
- 大衆書局, 1992
ABC谋杀案
- 华文出版社, 1993
- 贵州人民出版社, 1998
- 人民文学出版社 2006; ♦Tang Li
- 人民文学出版社, 2009
- 新星出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂侦探作品集8), 2013
english
- 外文出版社, 1994
- 外文出版社, 1996
ABC殺人事件
- 日本公論社, 1935
- 萩原星文館, 1936 (Box)
- 大日本雄弁会講談社, 1956
- ハヤカワ・ポケットミステリ, 1957
- 東京創元社, 1957
- 創元推理文庫, 1959
- 創元推理文庫, 1959, 1971(33th)
- 創元推理文庫, 1959, 1994(100th)
- 新潮文庫, 1960, 1976(8th)
- 角川文庫, 1962,
- 角川文庫, 1962, 1977(29th)
- 角川文庫, 1962, 1966(10th)
- 講談社文庫, 1974
- ハヤカワ・ミステリ文庫, 1987, 1992(11th); ca: Hiroshi Manabe
- クリスティー文庫, 2003
for junior
- 旺文社/中二ライブラリー, 1960
- 偕成社, 1962
- 旺文社/中一ポケット・ミステリー, 1963
- あかね書房, 1966
- あかね書房, 1973
- 文研出版, 1977
- ポプラ社文庫, 1986
- 偕成社文庫, 1990, 1996(18th)
- 青い鳥文庫, 2000
- 岩崎書店, 2000
- 岩崎書店, 2000
- ポプラ社文庫, 2004
- 汐文社, 2004
- 汐文社, 2004
- ポプラ・ポケット文庫, 2005
- クリスティー・ジュニア・ミステリ, 2008
comic
- NHK Publishing, 2004
- 小学館ビッグコミックス, 2015
- 小学館ビッグコミックス, 2015
- 小学館ビッグコミックス, 2016
- 小学館ビッグコミックス, 2016
- 小学館(My First Big SPECIAL), 2016
english
- ルビーブックス, 2000
- IBC Publishing, 2014
audio book
ABC살인사건
- 정부/ABC살인사건, 아카데미, 1983
- 공문사, 1988
- 자유시대사, 1989
- 해문출판사, 1990
- 일신서적출판사, 1991
- 금하출판사, 1992
- 금하출판, 1993
- 자유문학사, 1993
- 1993
- 해문, 1994
- 금성출판사, 1996
- 해문출판사, 1999
- 해문출판사, 1999
- 해문출판사: 애거서 크리스티 추리문학 베스트(4), 2002
- 동서문화사, 2003; ca: Tom Adams*
- 황금가지: 애거서 크리스티 전집(44), 2007
- 황금가지, 2013
other languages
- [Armenian] Սպաննություններ այբբենական կարգով / Spanutyunner aybbenakan kargov, Garun, 1995
- [Malay] Pembunuhan ABC, Federal Publications, 2003
- [Sinhalese] A B C Minee Marum, Sarasavi Publishers, 2015