The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Considered to be one of Agatha Christie's greatest, and also most controversial mysteries, 'The Murder Of Roger Ack?royd' breaks the rules of traditional mystery. The peaceful English village of King's Abbot is stunned. The widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of Veronal. Not twen?ty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd-the man she had planned to marry-is murdered. It is a baffling case involving black?mail and death that taxes Hercule Poirot's "little grey cells" before he reaches one of the most startling conclusions of his career.