| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-19页 |
| Chapter One Plot and Narrative Structure | 第19-30页 |
| ·Main Idea of The ABC Murders and Its Plot | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Structure of The ABC Murders | 第21-30页 |
| 1. 2.1 The Arrangement of the Suspects | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Setting of the Murders | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Coincidental Opening of the Detective Novels | 第27-30页 |
| Chapter Two Narrative Point of View | 第30-38页 |
| ·Hastings, the Main Narrator | 第30-35页 |
| ·Arthur Hastings | 第31-33页 |
| ·Narrating the Main Stream of the Story | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Unknown Third Person | 第35-38页 |
| ·The Third Person Point of View | 第35-36页 |
| ·Narrating the Supplementary Stream of the Story | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Three Narrative Linguistic Features | 第38-52页 |
| ·Magic of Conversation | 第38-46页 |
| ·Conversation as a Way to Reveal Background | 第39-41页 |
| ·Conversation as Red Herrings | 第41-43页 |
| ·Conversation as Strategy of Interrogation | 第43-46页 |
| ·The Art of Suspense | 第46-52页 |
| ·The Suspense in Detective Novels | 第46-48页 |
| ·The Treatment of the Foreshadowing | 第48-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| References | 第55-58页 |
| Appendix | 第58-59页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第59页 |
