- This edition an e-book on Kindle
- first published 1926
- ASIN : B0046A9MRW
- Publisher : HarperCollins; Masterpiece Ed edition (October 14, 2010)
- Print length : 210 pages
- already reviewed 2008 and 2021
Synopsis (Amazon)
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 was about to be married. He had a life of wealth and privilege. First he lost his fiancée – and then his life.
The day after her tragic suicide he retires upstairs to read a mysterious letter, leaving his closest friends and family to eat dinner below.
Just a few hours later he is found stabbed to death in a locked room with a weapon from his own collection.
Was he killed for money? For love? Or for something altogether more sinister?
The truth will out.
But you won’t see it coming.
My Take
I have read this book again having read it at least twice in the last 20 years ( 2008 and 2021). This time I am reading it with my U3A Agatha Christie Reading Group. It is our 3rd Hercule Poirot this year and I'm sure the group will find plenty to discuss.
It is a relatively short novel. But it was considered controversial because it subverted what many considered one of the golden rules of crime fiction. Hercule Poirot has retired to the country, where he is tending marrows. Captain Hastings has gone to Argentina where he has apparently made some unwise investments. Poirot is missing him more than he had expected to.
Almost everyone in this novel has something to hide. Does this confuse readers as they try to work out who killed Roger Ackroyd?
I found some quizzes which ask questions about each chapter.
My rating: 4.5
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