The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
“The game-changing mystery that shattered the rules of the genre.”
In the quiet village of King’s Abbot, a wealthy man is found dead in his study, leaving behind a trail of secrets and a house full of suspects. Hercule Poirot must come out of retirement to untangle a web of deception where every alibi is suspect and the truth is hidden in plain sight. This is the ultimate puzzle that shattered the rules of detective fiction and remains Agatha Christie’s most controversial masterpiece.
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