The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

A Hercule Poirot Mystery

$9.95

Publication Date: 31st January 2022

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... Read More
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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... Read More
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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.
Details
  • Price: $9.95
  • Pages: 208
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Mystery Classics
  • Publication Date: 31st January 2022
  • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9780486850528
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
    FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
    FICTION / Classics
Author Bio
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) is the bestselling novelist in history; only the Bible and the works of Shakespeare are more frequently purchased than her mysteries, which have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in 100 foreign languages. Her play, The Mousetrap, opened in London in 1952 and has run continuously ever since.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
I. Dr. Sheppard at the Breakfast Table
II. Who’s Who in King’s Abbot 
III. The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows 
IV. Dinner at Fernly
V. Murder
VI. The Tunisian Dagger 
VII. I Learn My Neighbor’s Profession
VIII. Inspector Raglan Is Confident
IX. The Goldfish Pond
X. The Parlormaid 
XI. Poirot Pays a Call
XII. Round the Table 
XIII. The Goose Quill 
XIV. Mrs. Ackroyd 
XV. Geoffrey Raymond 
XVI. An Evening at Mah Jong
XVII. Parker 
XVIII. Charles Kent 
XIX. Flora Ackroyd
XX. Miss Russell
XXI. The Paragraph in the Paper
XXII. Ursula’s Story
XXIII. Poirot’s Little Reunion
XXIV. Ralph Paton’s Story
XXV. The Whole Truth 
XXVI. And Nothing But the Truth 
XXVII. Apologia
 
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.
  • Price: $9.95
  • Pages: 208
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Mystery Classics
  • Publication Date: 31st January 2022
  • Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in
  • ISBN: 9780486850528
  • Format: eBook
  • BISACs:
    FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
    FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
    FICTION / Classics
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) is the bestselling novelist in history; only the Bible and the works of Shakespeare are more frequently purchased than her mysteries, which have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in 100 foreign languages. Her play, The Mousetrap, opened in London in 1952 and has run continuously ever since.
CONTENTS
I. Dr. Sheppard at the Breakfast Table
II. Who’s Who in King’s Abbot 
III. The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows 
IV. Dinner at Fernly
V. Murder
VI. The Tunisian Dagger 
VII. I Learn My Neighbor’s Profession
VIII. Inspector Raglan Is Confident
IX. The Goldfish Pond
X. The Parlormaid 
XI. Poirot Pays a Call
XII. Round the Table 
XIII. The Goose Quill 
XIV. Mrs. Ackroyd 
XV. Geoffrey Raymond 
XVI. An Evening at Mah Jong
XVII. Parker 
XVIII. Charles Kent 
XIX. Flora Ackroyd
XX. Miss Russell
XXI. The Paragraph in the Paper
XXII. Ursula’s Story
XXIII. Poirot’s Little Reunion
XXIV. Ralph Paton’s Story
XXV. The Whole Truth 
XXVI. And Nothing But the Truth 
XXVII. Apologia