The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie [Review]

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4) by Agatha Christie
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Date read: January 30, 2025

Hercule Poirot
1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
2. The Murder on the Links
3. Poirot Investigates
4. The Murder of Roger Akroyd - Paperback | Kindle
5. The Big Four
6. The Mystery of the Blue Train
7. Black Coffee
8. Peril at End House
9. Lord Edgeware Dies
10. Murder on the Orient Express
11. Three Act Tragedy
12. Death in the Clouds
13. The ABC Murders
14. Murder in Mesopotamia
15. Cards on the Table
16. Dead Man's Mirror
17. Dumb Witness
18. Death on the Nile
19. Appointment with Death
20. Hercule Poirot's Christmas
21. Sad Cypress
22. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
23. Evil Under the Sun
24. Five Little Pigs
25. The Hollow
26. The Labors of Hercules
27. Taken at the Flood
28. Mrs. McGinty's Dead
29. After the Funeral
30. Hickory Dickory Dock
31. Dead Man's Folly
32. Cat Among the Pigeons
33. Double Sin and Other Stories
34. The Clocks
35. Third Girl
36. Hallowe'en Party
37. Elephants Can Remember
38. Curtain

Agatha Christie
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

The peaceful English village of King’s Abbot is stunned. The widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of Veronal. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd—the man she had planned to marry—is murdered. It is a baffling case involving blackmail and death that taxes Hercule Poirot’s “little grey cells” before he reaches one of the most startling conclusions of his career.

Thoughts on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: Oh, man. This was a good one. This is technically a re-read, but I honestly didn't remember who did the deed (and I probably wouldn't have believed myself if I had remembered). So it's ALMOST like I was reading it again for the first time.

So. With his good friend Hastings currently in Argentina, Poirot finds himself going it alone in his investigation. Well, kind of alone. He's found a Hastings stand-in (of sorts) in the doctor that lives next door to him and soon the two are embroiled in a little murder investigation.

Poirot, being himself, is mysteriously cryptic as he discovers clues and beings to put together the big picture. Sheppard (the doctor) isn't quite as quick as Poirot (but then, WHO IS?) and he doesn't fall in love with every lovely woman who crosses his path. You know, like Hastings does.

Anywho. There's a death. Then there's a murder. The two might be connected. There are plenty of suspects and more than a few clues that need to be assembled JUST SO before everything comes to a head. Which is to say Poirot gathers his suspects and reveals who did it and it's a little shocking. But it all makes sense once he lays it out. And that's what I'm here for!