Hercule Poirot book 3 · 1926
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
In the village of King’s Abbot, Roger Ackroyd is found stabbed in his study shortly after learning the secret of a widow’s death. Hercule Poirot, who has retired to the village to grow vegetable marrows, takes the case, with the local doctor as his narrator.
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Book facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Series
- Hercule Poirot, book 3 of 33
- Published
- 1926
- Setting
- Set in London
- Characters charted
- 1
- Chart confidence
- High
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd on screen
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989–2013, series, ITV). David Suchet plays Poirot in seventy episodes that adapt every Poirot novel and almost all the stories.
Who is in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
1 recurring or key character from Agatha Christie’s chart.
Lead 1
- Hercule PoirotBelgian detective who relies on his “little grey cells”Also in books by Sophie Hannah