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…

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Despite this being a controversial book at the time because of Agatha Christie's magnificent plot devices, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found the controversial bit to be the best bit!

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