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| Original Title: | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd |
| ISBN: | 1579126278 (ISBN13: 9781579126278) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hercule Poirot Mysteries #4 |
| Characters: | Hercule Poirot, Dr James Sheppard, Caroline Sheppard, Roger Ackroyd, Flora Ackroyd, Mrs. Ackroyd, Hector Blunt, Ralph Paton, Geoffrey Raymond (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), Parker (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), Elizabeth Russell (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd) |
| Setting: | United Kingdom England |
| Literary Awards: | Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel of the Century (2000) |
Agatha Christie
Hardcover | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 4.24 | 131852 Users | 9168 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #4) |
| Author | : | Agatha Christie |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | September 1st 2006 by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (first published June 1926) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Classics. Crime |
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Belgian Inspector Hercule Poirot has retired to the countryside in the small English village of King's Abbot. Dr. Sheppard, observing his new neighbor, is sure that he must be a former hairdresser. But the brutal murder of a local squire reveals the truth: the peculiar little man is actually a detective par excellence. The Murder of the wealthy industrialist Roger Ackroyd begins the night before with the suicide of Mrs. Ferrars, a wealthy widow. Her death is believed to be an accident, until Roger Ackroyd is stabbed to death in his locked study. There are rumors she poisoned her first husband, rumors that she was being blackmailed, rumors that her secret lover was Roger Ackroyd, a man who knew too much, but no one is sure. There's no shortage of suspects, all the members of the household stand to gain from his death, from Roger's neurotic sister-in-law who has accumulated personal debts, to a parlormaid with an uncertain history who resigned her post the afternoon of the murder. But the police focus on Ralph Paton, Ackroyd's stepson and heir, and the person with the most to gain from Roger's death. When sleuth Hercule Poirot, who is living quietly in King's Abbot, agrees to investigate, the case takes a completely different turn. Poirot exonerates all of the original suspects, and lays out a completely reasoned case that the clever and devious murderer is someone who had not come under suspicion at all - someone whose motive has nothing to do with money.Rating Based On Books The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #4)
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She got me! That cheeky beeotch! She got me!This Hercule Poirot is a genuine tour de force, a classic of the genre, for a very good reason that you will understand perfectly as soon as you have finish reading it.
A mystery that lasts till the last page and ends with an unprecedented plot twist.One of the favorite books that I read in 2015. Nothing much can be said about the story or plot, or anything for that matter, without dropping a major spoiler. But trust me, it's bloody clever. Agatha Christie will leave you dazzled. One of her finest.Highly Recommended!
My 2018 Review ooh 4.5 starsSo as part of my Hercule Poirot challenge, courtesy of Jessica in "Reading the Detectives", I decided to read this book for the 2nd time in 13 months (why when I have so many books I want to read I don't know, but I did). Was I disappointed, oh no, if anything I'm seriously thinking of upping it to 5 stars. Despite a gap of only 13 months , I got so much from this re-read. In fact I've obviously read so much in that intervening time, that it took me over 3/4 of the
I feel like once youve reviewed one Agatha Christie novel, youve kind of reviewed them all. And Ive reviewed two. I feel like Agatha Christie is just very consistently good, but that might also be that Im exclusively reading her books that have been recommended to me? Christie is excellent at taking a similar structure - crime committed and investigation ensues - but making each case distinct and clever enough that the story is compelling. We know the beats of this story; we know that at the
I went into this book with a bit of an attitude. Roger Ackroyd is the only Agatha Christie book featured on the list of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, and I was skeptical about the List's claim that this was the only Christie book worth reading. But, as much as it pains me to say this, I think the List is right on this one. At least a little - I'm definitely not suggesting that you should read this book and then never pick up a Christie novel ever again, but if you find yourself in a
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