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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie

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Belgian Inspector Hercule Poirot has retired to the countryside in the small English village of King's Abbot. Dr. Sheppard, observing his new neighbor, is sure that he must be a former hairdresser. But the brutal murder of a local squire reveals the truth: the peculiar little man is actually a …

Belgian Inspector Hercule Poirot has retired to the countryside in the small English village of King's Abbot. Dr. Sheppard, observing his new neighbor, is sure that he must be a former hairdresser. But the brutal murder of a local squire reveals the truth: the peculiar little man is actually a detective par excellence. The Murder of the wealthy industrialist Roger Ackroyd begins the night before with the suicide of Mrs. Ferrars, a wealthy widow. Her death is believed to be an accident, until Roger Ackroyd is stabbed to death in his locked study. There are rumors she poisoned her first husband, rumors that she was being blackmailed, rumors that her secret lover was Roger Ackroyd, a man who knew too much, but no one is sure.

There's no shortage of suspects, all the members of the household stand to gain from his death, from Roger's neurotic sister-in-law who has accumulated personal debts, to a parlormaid with an uncertain history who resigned her post the afternoon of the murder. But the police focus on Ralph Paton, Ackroyd's stepson and heir, and the person with the most to gain from Roger's death. When sleuth Hercule Poirot, who is living quietly in King's Abbot, agrees to investigate, the case takes a completely different turn. Poirot exonerates all of the original suspects, and lays out a completely reasoned case that the clever and devious murderer is someone who had not come under suspicion at all - someone whose motive has nothing to do with money. (source)

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No cover — Agatha Christie, Karl Wurf: Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2022, Independently Published)

Murder of Roger Ackroyd

English language

Published June 27, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-7986-2679-3
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No cover — Agatha Christie: Murder of Roger Ackroyd a Mystery for Hercule Poirot (2022, Independently Published)

Murder of Roger Ackroyd a Mystery for Hercule Poirot

English language

Published Nov. 16, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-8380-1406-1
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No cover — Agatha Christie: Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2022, Independently Published)

Murder of Roger Ackroyd

English language

Published Nov. 16, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-4171-2808-0
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No cover — Agatha Christie: Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2022, Independently Published)

Murder of Roger Ackroyd

English language

Published June 27, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-7970-3520-6
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No cover — Agatha Christie: Murder of Roger Ackroyd - a Hercule Poirot Mystery (2022, Independently Published)

Murder of Roger Ackroyd - a Hercule Poirot Mystery

English language

Published Nov. 16, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-8377-2611-8
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No cover — Agatha Christie: The murder of Roger Ackroyd (Arabic language, 2002, Al-Ajyal)

The murder of Roger Ackroyd

Arabic language

Published Nov. 16, 2002 by Al-Ajyal.

ISBN:: 978-9953-30-019-1
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No cover — Agatha Christie: Le Meurtre de Roger Ackroyd (French language, 1990, Le livre De Poche / Libraire Des Champs-Elysees)

Le Meurtre de Roger Ackroyd

French language

Published March 6, 1990 by Le livre De Poche / Libraire Des Champs-Elysees.

ISBN:: 978-2-7024-0321-1
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No cover — Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (2011, Harper)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Published Jan. 1, 2011 by Harper.

ISBN:: 978-0-373-00305-1
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No cover — Agatha Christie: O Assassinato de Roger Ackroyd (Portuguese language, 2022, Independently Published)

O Assassinato de Roger Ackroyd

Portuguese language

Published Nov. 16, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-4400-9354-6
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No cover — Agatha Christie, Miguel Muñoz: Asesinato de Roger Ackroyd (Spanish language, 2022, Independently Published)

Asesinato de Roger Ackroyd

Spanish language

Published June 27, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-4389-6818-4
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No cover — Agatha Christie, Miguel Muñoz: omicidio Di Roger Ackroyd (Italian language, 2022, Independently Published)

omicidio Di Roger Ackroyd

Italian language

Published June 27, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-4389-9609-5
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No cover — Agatha Christie, Angel Muñoz: ASSASSINIO DI ROGER ACKROYD (the Murder of Roger Ackroyd), (Italian language, 2022, Independently Published)

ASSASSINIO DI ROGER ACKROYD (the Murder of Roger Ackroyd),

Italian language

Published June 27, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-8159-7634-4
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No cover — Agatha Christie, Miguel Muñoz: Mord an Roger Ackroyd (German language, 2022, Independently Published)

Mord an Roger Ackroyd

German language

Published June 27, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-4389-8885-4
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No cover — Agatha Christie: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Annotated) (2023, Independently published)

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Annotated)

Published May 6, 2023 by Independently published.

ISBN:: 979-8-3937-1348-5
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No cover — Agatha Christie, Angel M. Vara: Asesinato de Rogelio Ackroyd (con Anotaciones) (Spanish language, 2022, Independently Published)

Asesinato de Rogelio Ackroyd (con Anotaciones)

Spanish language

Published June 27, 2022 by Independently Published.

ISBN:: 979-8-8002-0100-0
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