num_pages: 255
description: The peaceful English village of King's Abbot was stunned. First the attractive widow Ferrars died from an overdose of veronal. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd--the man she had planned to marry--was murdered. It was a baffling complex case involving blackmail, suicide, and violent death, a case that taxed all Hercule Poirot's "little grey cells" before he reached one of the most startling conclusions of his fabled career.(back cover)
language: English
title: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
titlecomplete: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
characters: Dr. James Sheppard, Geoffrey Raymond (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), Caroline Sheppard, Ralph Paton, Mr. Hammond, Roger Ackroyd, Hercule Poirot, Hector Blunt, Elizabeth Russell (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), Flora Ackroyd, Charles Kent, Inspector Raglan, Mrs. Ferrars, Parker (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd), Mrs. Ackroyd
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Murder Mystery, British Literature, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Crime, Audiobook
ratings_count: 254227
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