The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in June 1926. It is the third novel to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. Poirot retires to a village near a friend’s home, Roger Ackroyd’s, to work on a project to perfect vegetable marrows. Soon after, Ackroyd is assassinated, and Poirot must return from retirement to solve the case.“Miss Christie is not only an expert technician and a remarkably good story-teller, but she knows, as well, just the right number of hints to offer as to the real murderer.” ─The New York Times Book Review
“The Murder of Roger Ackroyd makes breathless reading from first to the unexpected last.” ─The Observer
“The tale may be recommended as one of the cleverest and most original of its kind.” ─The Scotsman
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