The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Poirot)
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Poirot)
By (Author) Agatha Christie
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
2nd November 2017
20th July 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Classic crime and mystery fiction
Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
Thriller / suspense fiction
Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss
823.912
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 20mm
220g
Description
Agatha Christies most daring crime mystery an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.
Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose.
But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to death
Reviews
A classic the book has worthily earned its fame.
Irish Independent
The truly startling denouement is uncommonly original.
Books
One of the landmarks of detective literature. H.R.F. Keating, Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books
Author Bio
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
