Mass Market Paperback, 368 pages
English language
Published Sept. 5, 2004 by Berkley Books.
A widow's suicide has stirred suspicion and dreadful rumors--of blackmail, and of a secret lover named Roger Ackroyd, who was stabbed to death in his study. And there are rumors that his neighbor Hercule Poirot, doesn't have a clue who did it.
(back cover)
Come mantenere l'attenzione del lettore, omettendo qua e là dei "dettagli".
Wow. This book is so good that I wish I could rate it higher than five stars. Agatha Christie has done with this book something that I have never seen done with any mystery I have ever read in the past. I'm not going to say what for the sake of spoilers, but the impossibility of what she did is just stunning. But it makes sense.
OK, I'm probably so excited that it's hard to understand what I'm saying, but my point is this: Read the book. You'll love it.
Oh, Agatha, you sly minx. Once again, Poirot solves the case before I have even narrowed down the suspects.
Really well done in a classic Christie style. Poirot is now retired and growing "the vegetable marrows" without success. He gets pulled into the case--not exactly reluctantly, as it is Poirot--but realizing the quiet village life is not for him. The case takes twists and turns, and you may find yourself switching your prime suspect by the minute. When you hear the clues you missed along they way, you will just shake your head and say, "Agatha, you sly minx. You've done it again." A unique mystery and one of my favorites. I would rank this one up with "And Then There Were None". 4 stars.
