The murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in June 1926. It is the third novel to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. Poirot retires to a village near a friend's home, Roger Ackroyd's, to work on a project to perfect vegetable marrows. Soon after, Ackroyd is assassinated, and Poirot must return from retirement to solve the case. ""Miss Christie is not only an expert technician and a remarkably good story-teller, but she knows, as well, just the right number of hints to offer as to the real murderer."" -The New York Times Book Review ""The Murder of Roger Ackroyd makes breathless reading from first to the unexpected last."" -The Observer ""The tale may be recommended as one of the cleverest and most original of its kind."" The Scotsman