The A.B.C. Murders / The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection

New York: Bantam Books, 1983. 10th Printing . Hard Back. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Published. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. 207 Pages. From Agatha Christie Hardcover Mystery Collection published by Bantam in April 1983. Padded black leatherette with gilt lettering, old-fashioned marbleized end papers and quality paper. Probably never read. Contents in 35 Chapters: The Letter, (Not from Captain Hastings' Personal Narrative), Andover, Mrs. Ascher, Mary Drower, The Scene of the Crime, Mr. Partridge and Mr. Riddell, The Second Letter, The Exhill-on-Sea Murder, The Barnards, Megan Barnard, Donald Fraser, A Conference, The Third Letter, Sir Carmichael Clarke, Marking Time, Poirot Makes a Speech, By Way of Sweden, Lady Clarke, Description of a Murderer, September 11th. Doncasster, The Doncaster Murder, At Scotland Yard, Hercule Poirot Asks Questions, And Catch a Fox, Alexander Bonaparte Cust, Poirot Explains, ___________. In the Foreword Captain Hastings says If I have described at too great length some of the secondary personal relationships whihc arose as a consequence of this strange series of crimes, it is because the human and personal element can never be ignored. Hercule Poirot once taught me in a very dramatic manner that romance can be a by-product of crime.