{"id":19077,"date":"2025-07-22T08:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T06:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/?p=19077"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:23:35","slug":"the-a-b-c-murders-agatha-christie-1936","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/the-a-b-c-murders-agatha-christie-1936\/","title":{"rendered":"The A.B.C. Murders &#8211; Agatha Christie (1936)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poirot receives mysterious letters claiming there will soon be  a murder : a Mrs Alice Ascher in Andover, Betty Barnarda in Bexhill and Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. Poirot, his friend Hastings and Inspector Japp are all at a loss to find the murderer until they catch Alexander Bonaparte Cust. Poirot remains unconvinced by Cust\u2019s arrest and digs deeper, uncovering a clever misdirection behind the seemingly random murders. <em>The A.B.C. Murders<\/em> is a sharp, playful novel that blends psychological insight with classic detective twists, ending in a satisfying and unexpected reveal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;It was the kind of place that specialized in morning coffee, five different kinds of teas (Devonshire, Farmhouse, Fruit, Carlton and Plain), and a few sparing lunch dishes for females such as scrambled eggs and shrimps and macaroni au gratin.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poirot receives mysterious letters claiming there will soon be a murder : a Mrs Alice Ascher in Andover, Betty Barnarda in Bexhill and Sir Carmichael Clarke in Churston. Poirot, his friend Hastings and Inspector Japp are all at a loss to find the murderer until they catch Alexander Bonaparte Cust. Poirot remains unconvinced by Cust\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[270],"tags":[59,176,47],"class_list":["post-19077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books-2025","tag-crime","tag-envy","tag-humour"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/The_ABC_Alphabetical_Railway_Guide_No._847_April_1924.jpg?fit=255%2C423&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19077"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19091,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19077\/revisions\/19091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}