L'assassinio di Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

Paperback, 221 pages

Published Aug. 6, 1979 by Oscar Gialli Mondadori.

ISBN:: 978-88-04-51917-1

(23 reviews)

King's Abbot è un tipico paesino della campagna inglese dove non succede mai nulla di speciale.

Un giorno però qualcosa accade: l'uomo più ricco del paese, Roger Ackroyd, viene assassinato proprio quando sta per leggere una lettera che avrebbe fatto luce sul misterioso suicidio di un'amica, la signora Ferrars. Il delitto getta nello sgomento la piccola comunità. Ma, in particolare tra gli amici e i parenti della vittima, non tutti hanno da dolersi dell'accaduto. Almeno così sembra credere un buffo investigatore belga in pensione, trasferitosi da poco nel villaggio per coltivare zucche: l'ineguagliabile Poirot. Sarà lui a scoprire che la realtà è ben diversa da come appare e che tutti, anche le persone insospettabili, hanno qualcosa da nascondere.

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anka.trini reviewed The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot, #3)

Poirot im Hintergrund

4 stars

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.

GattaMatta70 reviewed L'assassinio di Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

L'assassinio di Roger Ackroyd

5 stars

Come mantenere l'attenzione del lettore, omettendo qua e là dei "dettagli".

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

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1 star

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

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5 stars

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.

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

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4 stars

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.