The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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.

Voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the best crime novel ever written — and said to be Christie’s favorite of her novels — this suspenseful whodunit is the third book following detective Hercule Poirot, still stumping readers over ninety years after its initial publication.

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
 

Who would want to murder Roger Ackroyd, a successful businessman considered to be the life and soul of the peaceful village of King’s Abbot? Called out of retirement to help solve the mystery is renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, first introduced in Christie’s debut novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the best crime novel ever written—and said to be Christie’s favorite, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of the first books featuring Poirot. A methodical, detailed, and suspenseful whodunit, the novel still stumps readers nearly one hundred years after its initial publication. As the clues and suspects add up, Christie masterfully weaves several plausible scenarios, only to surprise readers at the conclusion.