num_pages: 216
description: In the village of King's Abbot, a widow's sudden suicide sparks rumors that she murdered her first husband, was being blackmailed, and was carrying on a secret affair with the wealthy Roger Ackroyd. The following evening, Ackroyd is murdered in his locked study--but not before receiving a letter identifying the widow's blackmailer. King's Abbot is crawling with suspects, including a nervous butler, Ackroyd's wayward stepson, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd, who has taken up residence in the victim's home. It's now up to the famous detective Hercule Poirot, who has retired to King's Abbot to garden, to solve the case of who killed Roger Ackroyd...
language: English
title: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
titlecomplete: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
characters: Roger Ackroyd, Flora Ackroyd, Mrs. Ackroyd, Parker (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), Inspector Raglan, Mrs. Ferrars, Dr. James Sheppard, Hector Blunt, Elizabeth Russell (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), Mr. Hammond, Ralph Paton, Geoffrey Raymond (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), Hercule Poirot, Caroline Sheppard, Charles Kent
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Classics, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Detective, Murder Mystery, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 253838
places: King's Abbot, England
series: Hercule Poirot
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel of the Century, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Pocket Books