This novel practically revolutionized the detective genre. In it, Agatha Christie not only fully demonstrated her talent, but also successfully applied several previously unseen narrative techniques. All this wildly delighted both readers and critics. Recently, a popular BBC television series was made based on this novel.
Agatha Christie is the most published author of all time after Shakespeare. The circulation of her books is second only to the circulation of his works and the Bible. More than a billion of Christie's books have been sold worldwide in English and the same number in other languages. She is the author of eighty detective novels and short story collections, twenty plays, two books of memoirs, and six psychological novels, written under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Her characters Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple have forever become exemplary heroes of the action genre.

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. The criminal who is playing a letter game with Hercule Poirot has only three letters in his signature: the first letters, A, B, and C. He plans to commit murders in places whose names are arranged alphabetically. Poirot’s task is to unravel the killer’s plans and prevent him from committing the 26 crimes he has planned…

“She is undoubtedly a genius.” — Elizabeth George, New York Times bestselling author

“Christie is generally regarded as a brilliant master of the suspense plot. But she is something far more significant.” — The Guardian

“When it comes to murder dramas, no one is more inventive than Christie.” — Sunday Times

“…I still adore Christie’s novels.” — Louise Penny

'Reading a Christie novel is like biting into a ripe apple: pure, crisp, and utterly satisfying...' — Tana French

'An absolutely unique idea.' — Daily Telegraph