The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Poirot #4)

Author(s): Agatha Christie; Tony Medawar (Introduction by)

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A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot


Mrs. Farrars is found dead of an apparent overdose one year after the death of her husband. The villagers of King's Abbot are suspicious. The rumor is that she poisoned her husband and was in love with Roger Ackroyd. When he is found murdered the following day, there is little to go on. Luckily one of the newest residents who has retired to this normally quiet village is none other than Monsieur Hercule Poirot.

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"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.

General Fields

  • : 9780008164997
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : Collins Crime Club
  • : 0.294
  • : May 2016
  • : 190mm X 126mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : June 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Agatha Christie; Tony Medawar (Introduction by)
  • : Hardback
  • : Hardback
  • : 90th Anniversary edition
  • : 90th Anniversary edition
  • : English
  • : English
  • : 823.912
  • : 823.912
  • : 256
  • : 256