The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
A Hercule Poirot Mystery: the Official Authorized Edition
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 28, 2021
“This is Agatha Christie’s masterpiece, and if she never wrote another word, she’d have still gone down as the Queen.” –LOUISE PENNY, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Ingenious and unexpected.” –NEW YORK TIMES The official edition of the beloved classic voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the "Best Crime Novel of all Time," now featuring a new introduction by Louise Penny, a foreword from Agatha Christie's great grandson, and exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A neatly engineered puzzle with the cool pleasure of watching Poirot work.
- Genres
- British Mystery, The Classics, Cozy Mysteries
- Published
- HarperCollins, December 28, 2021
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
The Murder on the LinksAgatha Christie71% matchShares British Mystery
The Bullet That MissedFiona Shaw, Richard Osman55% matchShares Cozy Mysteries
Everyone in My Family Has Killed SomeoneBenjamin Stevenson, Barton Welch58% matchShares British Mystery
And Then There Were NoneAgatha Christie70% matchShares British Mystery and The Classics
We Solve MurdersRichard Osman, Nicola Walker54% matchShares Cozy Mysteries
The Impossible FortuneRichard Osman, Fiona Shaw51% matchShares Cozy Mysteries
The Big FourAgatha Christie58% matchShares British Mystery
Murder on the Marlow BelleRobert Thorogood60% matchShares Cozy Mysteries
For younger readers: As Good As Dead
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
“This is Agatha Christie’s masterpiece, and if she never wrote another word, she’d have still gone down as the Queen.” –LOUISE PENNY, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Ingenious and unexpected.” –NEW YORK TIMES The official edition of the beloved classic voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the "Best Crime Novel of all Time," now featuring a new introduction by Louise Penny, a foreword from Agatha Christie's great grandson, and exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery.
Continue reading
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. Then, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with an apparent drug overdose. However, the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information, but before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death. Luckily one of Roger’s friends and the newest resident to retire to this normally quiet village takes over—none other than Monsieur Hercule Poirot . . . Not only beloved by generations of readers, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was one of Agatha Christie’s own favorite works—a brilliant whodunit that firmly established the author’s reputation as the Queen of Mystery.
Poirot at Work
A neatly engineered puzzle with the cool pleasure of watching Poirot work.
Come here for
- Poirot’s methodical calm
- Classic mystery machinery
Expect
- Formal, traditional detective work
- A familiar classic, freshly presented
Where it sits
| British Mystery | 64% |
|---|---|
| The Classics | 49% |
| Cozy Mysteries | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- British Mystery
- Mystery Anthologies
- Historical Mystery
Show all 8 publisher categories
- International Crime Fiction
- Private Eye Fiction
- Short Stories (Single Author)
- Suspense
- Authors
- Hugh Fraser, Agatha Christie, HarperAudio
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 28, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics