The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4) -

Agatha Christie

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

2006

288 páginas

9h 36m

ISBN-13: 9781579126278

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--a task in which he is aided by the village doctor and narrator, James Sheppard, and by Sheppard's ingenious sister, Caroline.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is the book that made Agatha Christie a household name and launched her career as a perennial bestseller. Originally published in 1926, it is a landmark in the mystery genre. It was in the vanguard of a new class of popular detective fiction that ushered in the modern era of mystery novels.

Resenhas (32)

4.5 (Muito bom)

Entendi porque esse é um dos mistérios mais famosos dela

4,25 estrelas

Este é um mistério muito bom, e eu <i> não </i> esperava o plot-twist no final, lol.

Eu realmente gostei de Caroline Sheppard, ela é uma personagem legal. Suas interações com o Dr. Sheppard eram muito fofas. Gostei especialmente da cena do jogo de mahjong, bem engraçado.

Essa reviravolta no final me mostrou claramente por que esta é uma das histórias mais famosas da Christie.