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Poirot and Hastings had two more interviews. The first was with Mr. James Partridge, who was the last person known to have seen Mrs. Ascher alive. He had made a purchase from her at 5:30 and he went to the police of his own accord when he heard that she was killed by someone. Their next interview was with Mr. Albert Riddell, who was a platelayer. He entered the shop at 6:00, he thought shop was shut at that time, but it wasn’t. So he went in, and there wasn’t anyone in the shop. He didn‘t see the body fallen down behind the counter, he just saw that the railway guide was on the counter.

The only clue that they got was the ABC railway guide. They thought someone left it on purpose. The crime attracted very little attention for more thrilling news, and everyone were starting to forget it. However, the second letter came to Poirot suddenly.

The letter said “Dear Mr. poirot, well, what about it? First game to me, I think. The Andover business went with a swing, didn’t it? But the fun’s only just beginning. Let me draw your attention to Bexhill-on-Sea. Date, the 25^th inst. What a merry time we are having! Yours etc. ABC”

Poirot thought it was possible that the surname of the intended victim would begin with the letter B. The first victim was a Mrs. Ascher who lived in Andover, so the victim and the place might be selected by an alphabetical system. What they could do was making special note of the B’s and having a watch kept on anyone connected with the Ascher business, Partridge and Riddell, and of course Mr. Ascher himself.

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ABC railway guide is so familiarly known by its abbreviation of ABC, listing as it did all railway stations in their alphabetical order. Hastings thought that there could be a second coincidence. Who was the mysterious individual who had killed Mrs. Ascher and left an ABC railway guide behind him?

Poirot and Hastings went to the mortuary to see the body of the dead woman. Then, Poirot said that it was possible to commit the murder with a weighted thing for not only a shaky old man of seventy but woman. The police surgeon gave them a careful description of the position of the victim. It was his opinion that she had been standing with her back to the counter. If her husband had been abusing his wife and threatening her, she would have been facing him over the counter. So, he might be innocence.

After that, they met her niece, Miss Mary Drower, neighborhoods and the police officer to have an interview. However they couldn’t find out the murderer.

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In this week, Japanese Golden Week was over and the school started again. How did you spend your Golden Week? I went back my hometown and I did a lot of things. So I really enjoyed my Golden Week. I hope you had a good Golden Week too.

By the way, I read chapter3 and 4 in this week. Last time, Mr. Poirot received an anonymous letter and there was a remarkable description, like “Look out for Andover, on 21^st of the month.” However, the 21^st actually arrived. And their old friend Japp who was a Chief Inspector visited them. They showed the letter to Japp. He wasn’t interested in the letter, because he got dozens of letters like that coming in everyday. He thought that they didn’t mean any harm and just a kind of excitement. After having several conversations, He departed for his business.

Suddenly, there was a call from Japp. He had just got back to the Yard and got a message from Andover that an old woman of the name of Ascher who kept a little tobacco and newspaper shop had been found murdered. She had been struck down by a heavy blow on the back of head. The crime was discovered by police at 1 am on the morning of the 22^nd. Death must have occurred about nine to seven hours previously. The police believed that the murderer was her former husband, because he was always drunk, came round to abuse her, used to threaten her and he got fifteen shillings a week regular from her. However, the letter didn’t read like him and he denied that he killed her. What’s more, He had an alibi for the evening of the murder.

Nothing was missing from the shop and money in the till quite undisturbed. But there was only a railway guide of the ABC on the counter.

The letter that Mr. Poirot received brought about an incident. I’d like to know who did it. Who was the murderer? Who was ABC? Why was there a railway guide of the ABC at the scene of the crime?

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I'm reading "The ABC Murders" by Agatha Christie. She is a one of the most famous mystery writers in Britain and she is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. I have read "And Then There Were None", which is the most important work by same author last year. It was a so exciting mystery novel and I enjoyed reading it. Then I was interested in the mystery story. This is why I choose this book.

At the beginning, I would like to introduce two characters who appear on the story by first two chapters. First, Hercule Poirot who is a Belgian. He is also a private detective. He usually speaks English, but he sometimes speaks French because he is from the French-speaking world. Second is Arthur Hastings. He is a friend of Poirot and a cooperator. Oneday, Poirot received a strange letter. The letter said "Mr Hercule Poirot, -You fancy yourself, don't you, at solving mysteries that are too difficult for our poor thick-headed British police? Let us see, Mr Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be. Perhaps you'll find this nut too hard to crack. Look out for Andover, on the 21st of the month. Yours, etc., ABC."

I think that this letter is a key of the story and something will be happened by it. So I'm looking forward to reading what happens next.