Engels

Hercule Poirot in The ABC Murders

Dramatisation

Alice Ascher is murdered in Andover. Betty Barnard is strangled with her own belt at Bexhill-on-Sea. Next comes Carmichael Clarke, clubbed to death in Churston. Each time, an ABC railway guide is found by the dead bodies.

Auteur

Agatha Christie

Sprekers

Full Cast, with John Moffatt, Simon Williams, Philip Jackson

Speelduur

1 uur 27 min 3 sec

Prijs

€ 9,99

op verlanglijst

Beschrijving

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring John Moffatt as the great Belgian detective with Simon Williams and Philip Jackson.

Alice Ascher, a poor, elderly shopkeeper, is murdered in Andover. Betty Barnard, a young waitress, is strangled with her own belt at Bexhill-on-Sea. Next comes Carmichael Clarke, collector of Chinese art, clubbed to death in Churston. Only in Doncaster does the pattern vary: the man found stabbed in the Regal Cinema is called George Earsfield.

But each time, an ABC railway guide is found by the dead bodies, and each time, Poirot is warned in advance by a taunting letter from someone signed 'ABC'. Who is ABC? And can Poirot find out in time to prevent the death of a whole alphabet of victims?

The police doubt him and the public are in a state of panic, but Poirot is convinced that the murderer's luck will turn, and sooner or later he will make a crucial mistake. And Poirot will be there when he does...