The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd Poirot
Roger ackroyd was about to be married.
The murder of roger ackroyd poirot. In the murder of roger ackroyd hercule poirot has retired to a small village to grow vegetables. As poirot investigates he sees that there might be a connection to the suicide of a local woman and the death the previous year of her husband. Agatha christie s most daring crime mystery an early and particularly brilliant outing of hercule poirot the murder of roger ackroyd with its legendary twist changed the detective fiction genre for ever. The murder of roger ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by agatha christie first published in june 1926 in the united kingdom by william collins sons and in the united states by dodd mead and company.
Hercule poirot is the detective at the center of the murder of roger ackroyd as well as many other agatha christie stories novels and plays. Poirot comes out of retirement when his industrialist friend is brutally murdered a short while after a local widow who was suspected of killing her husband. Roger ackroyd was about to be married. Living quietly in the small village of king s abbot sleuth hercule poirot becomes involved in the murder of successful industrialist roger ackroyd.
But things are never as simple as they seem. First he lost his fiancée and then his life. He is convinced to return to work by flora ackroyd roger s niece to solve the murder and clear the name of her missing fiancé. A brilliant often arrogant belgian with a flair for the dramatic poirot can sometimes be irritating to the people around him his flamboyant continental style clashes with the english characters simplicity and directness.
The number of potential killers is almost as great as the population of the village itself. He had a life of wealth and privilege. Poirot the murder of roger ackroyd tv episode 2000 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.