The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s 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…

“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

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.

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ISBN 13	9780007141340
ISBN 10	0007141343
Title	The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Author	Agatha Christie
Series	Poirot
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2002-04-02
Number of pages	368
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