The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

"If you only read ONE Hercule Poirot, this should be the one." according to Whistlers Mom. Even if you're not really an Agatha Christie fan, you should read this one. Christie is criticized as a literary light-weight. It's true that her characters are formulaic, but she wasn't really interested in characters. Her specialty was intricate, multi-la. Classic Christie mon amie! AK818 Agatha Christie at her best! I am an avid Marple & Poirot fan, but I had never gotten around to reading this particular Christie novel. There's a lot of hype around this novel and some say its the best, and I can't find a reason to argue that. Reads very ni. Classic Mystery Abby I guessed the killer. The reason for this is that everyone told me "you'll never, ever guess the killer!" That's just how my mind works. Tell me I'll never see what's coming, and I'll instantly know Bruce Willis was dead the whole time.There's a cozy Englis

There are clues with a capital C to mislead us, and the listener gets so involved with these red herrings (or not) that the very simple truth eludes the puzzler. Sheppard, and his know-it-all sister (the precursor of Miss Marple, according to Christie), and, of course, the redoubtable Hercule Poirot and his little grey cells. Venerable reader Robin Bailey keeps the light, almost comic tone alive, although his voices are not particularly differentiated, and often he rushes the reading of dialog. Harriet Edwards, East Meadow P.L., NY Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. A classic of the genre and essential for any fiction collection. It met with no small outrage when it appeared, as

Agatha Christie's most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, `The Murder of Roger Ackroyd', with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.Roger Ackroyd knew too much. Unfortunately, before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to death. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose.But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information