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One of Agatha Christie's most famous novels, featuring her beloved detective Hercule Poirot-and her most surprising twist. The story that made Agatha Christie famous ends with one of her most dramatic twists. The villagers of King's Abbot are shocked when a wealthy local widow commits suicide and the very next day her fiancé, Roger Ackroyd, is stabbed to death. Dr. James Sheppard, the local physician, discovers the body of his friend and narrates the ensuing hunt for the killer. All the guests and staff at Ackroyd's country house seem to have solid alibis-except for his missing stepson. But as the authorities home in on their most obvious suspect, the recently retired detective Hercule Poirot unexpectedly turns up and joins the fray. Dr. Sheppard gamely assists the legendary Poirot as he untangles one of the most fiendish mysteries in Christie's extensive oeuvre.

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In what is considered to be one of her most controversial mysteries, Agatha Christie breaks all the rules of traditional mystery writing. “The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to the seeker after it.” — Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd When the widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of veronal, the residents of King's Abbot are shocked. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd—the man she had planned to marry—is murdered. This baffling, complex case involving blackmail, suicide, and violent death, causes Poirot to come out of retirement to investigate and to reach one of the most startling conclusions of his career. As with the best Christie mysteries, the clues are there all along, hidden in plain sight.

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Over ninety years after its initial publication, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd still stumps readers as a methodical, detailed, and suspenseful whodunit. When King’s Abbot resident Roger Ackroyd is found murdered in his study, the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is called in to help solve the mystery. As the clues and suspects add up, Christie masterfully weaves several possible scenarios, only to surprise readers at the end. Voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the best crime novel ever written — and said to be Christie’s favorite of her novels — it is the third book following detective Hercule Poirot. The Mysterious Affair at Styles and The Murder on the Links are also available from Dover.

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Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew thatthe woman he loved had poisoned her brutal firsthusband. He suspected also that someone had beenblackmailing her. Then, tragically, came the news thatshe had taken her own life with a drug overdose.

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9780062165497,0062165496,murder,roger,ackroyd,christie, A hand-inspected Used copy of "Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Christie. Ships directly from Textbooks.com, Used, Shipping to USA only!