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Book review : "ABC murders" by Agatha Christie

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My better half loves detective stories and swears by the name of Sherlock holmes & Hercule Poirot - his two very favorite characters. I for myself don't take much fancy on this particular genre - they somehow haven't stimulated my palates enough. Till very recently - which obviously is the reason I am penning down my review on ABC murders based on this very genre. Rated 10 on a scale of 5 - ABC murder forced into my hands through immense encouragement & sakes of heavens that could perpetuate me into action taking it up as next read by Mr. A. I must say I was enchanted & affected by the end of it. ABC murders is a dark detective story that takes readers through not one but series of crimes with no relevance to each other. Except that they have an alphabetical pattern ! Person with name starting A living in city name starting A gets killed first - followed by person with name starting B getting killed in city with B - and so on. While police & poirot