She is the killer's first victim: Alice Ascher from Andover. And next to her corpse is a spellbinding clue that's as simple as ABC. It appears that an anonymous serial killer plans to knock off his victims one-by one. A through Z. What's more, he's caring one authority in particular to catch him: a master detective named Hercule Poirot. Alphabetically speaking, Poirot fears that it's now a matter of one down, twenty-five to go ... -Back cover.