The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

Volume 7 in the Agatha Christie Collection (1926)

Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose.

But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to death…

Reviewed by Aidan Brack (Mysteries Ahoy) on

4.5 of 5 stars

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Rightly considered a classic and one of Christie’s greatest achievements. Make sure you read it before the solution is spoiled for you.

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