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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Poirot novel often called Christie's masterpiece.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is Agatha Christie's third novel with Hercule Poirot as the lead detective, published in the UK in June 1926 by William Collins, Sons after being serialised as Who Killed Ackroyd? in the London Evening News in 1925. Well received from the start and often called Christie's masterpiece, it was voted the best crime novel ever by the British Crime Writers' Association in 2013. It is one of her best-known and most controversial books, and its innovative twist ending had a significant impact on the genre.

Quick Facts

Author: Agatha Christie
Cover artist: Ellen Edwards
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Series: Hercule Poirot
Genre: Detective fiction; Murder mystery
Publisher: William Collins, Sons
Released: 1926

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