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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