The murder of Roger Ackroyd

a Hercule Poirot mystery

Paperback, 286 pages

English language

Published Nov. 3, 2011 by Harper.

ISBN:
978-0-06-207356-3
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OCLC Number:
676725740

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The death of a weathy widow is believed to be an accident until her future husband is killed. The police bring in Hercule Poirot to help with the investigation.

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Poirot im Hintergrund

Oh yeah! 🥳 Zum ersten Mal habe ich bei Agatha Christie gewusst, wer der Täter war 😊 Zwar war meine Vermutung über das Motiv komplett falsch, aber immerhin (:

Für einen Poirot Fall hat mir dieses Buch auch außerordentlich gut gefallen. Das lag wahrscheinlich daran, dass die Geschichte diesmal aus der Sicht eines Dorfarztes geschrieben wurde. Wer mit Poirot eigentlich auch nichts anfangen kann, dem empfehle ich diesen Fall.

reviewed The murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (The Agatha Christie collection)

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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.

reviewed The murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (The Agatha Christie collection)

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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.

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Subjects

  • Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character)
  • Private investigators
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Fiction

Places

  • England