The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- Author Agatha Christie
- Narrator Hugh Fraser
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 12 September 2006
- Run Time 7 hours and 11 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Historical crime and mysteries, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Thriller / suspense fiction.
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What to expect
Agatha Christie’s most daring crime mystery – an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.
Roger Ackroyd was about to be married. He had a life of wealth and privilege. First he lost his fiancée – and then his life.
The day after her tragic suicide he retires upstairs to read a mysterious letter, leaving his closest friends and family to eat dinner below.
Just a few hours later he is found stabbed to death in a locked room with a weapon from his own collection.
Was he killed for money? For love? Or for something altogether more sinister?
The truth will out.
But you won’t see it coming.
Critics Review
‘A classic – the book has worthily earned its fame.’
–Irish Independent
‘The truly startling denouement is uncommonly original.’
–Books
‘One of the landmarks of detective literature.’ H.R.F. Keating, –Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books
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| Author | Agatha Christie |
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| Narrator | Hugh Fraser |
| Duration | 7 hours and 11 minutes |
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| ISBN | 9780007248599 |
| Format | x-book® |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Genre | Classic crime and mystery fiction, Classic fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Historical crime and mysteries, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Thriller / suspense fiction |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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