![]() ![]() “That is why it is so interesting,” he added softly.” “It is completely unimportant,” said Poirot. I don’t want to say any more about this, apart from that one of the new retiree’s recently moved to the village is Hercule Poirot, the world-famous, brilliant Belgian detective. The story begins as the quiet little village of King’s Abbot (modern-day Castle Combe) wakes up to the shocking news of the death of the widow Ferrars… and less than a day later her distressed fiancé widower Roger Ackroyd is found murdered under completely baffling circumstances. “Everything is simple, if you arrange the facts methodically” First published back in 1926, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was voted the best crime novel ever in 2013 by the British Crime Writers’ Association. I did not plan on reading any specific one until I perused an article on some of the best murder mysteries and saw an Agatha Christie book listed. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is singularly spectacular.Īfter recently enjoying some mystery fiction, I decided to explore the genre a bit more and my research concluded that there was hardly a better option than an Agatha Christie novel. ![]() ![]() ![]() Published: June 1926 by William Collins, Sons The Murder of Roger Ackroydby Agatha Christie ![]()
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