The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062073567 ISBN 13: 9780062073563

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2011

Synopsis

Voted by the British Crime Writers' Association as the "Best Crime Novel of all Time"

Hercule Poirot comes out of retirement in one of Agatha Christie's ten favorite novels, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

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. Then, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with an apparent drug overdose.

However the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information, but before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death. Luckily one of Roger's friends and the newest resident to retire to this normally quiet village takes over--none other than Monsieur Hercule Poirot.

About this title

Review:

"A classic--the book has worthily earned its fame."--Irish Independent (Ireland)

"One of the landmarks of detective literature."--H. R. F. Keating, Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books

"Agatha Christie had a mind like a mousetrap and taught me, in novels like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the pleasure of literary surprise."--William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Historical Adventures William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Historical Adventures William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage

Book Description:

In the quiet village of King’s Abbot a widow’s suicide has stirred suspicion – and dreadful gossip.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062073567
• ISBN 13: 9780062073563
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 286