The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot) by Agatha Christie pdf free download

Author(s)            Agatha Christie
Cover artist   Ellen Edwards
Country           United Kingdom
Language            English
Genre(s)            Crime novel
Publisher            William Collins & Sons
Publication date    June 1926
Media type     Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages             312 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN             NA
Preceded by   The Secret of Chimneys
Followed by   The Big Four

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons in June 1926 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company on the 19th of the same month.It features Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence  and the US edition at $2.00.

It is one of Christie's best known and most controversial novels, its innovative twist ending having a significant impact on the genre. The short biography of Christie which is included in the present UK printings of all of her books states that this novel is her masterpiece. Howard Haycraft, in his seminal 1941 work, Murder for Pleasure, included the novel in his "cornerstones" list of the most influential crime novels ever written. The character of Caroline Sheppard was later acknowledged by Christie as a possible precursor to her famous detective Miss Marple.

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