The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #3)

 

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Title: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #3)

Author: Agatha Christie

Publisher: Pushkin Vertigo

Release Date: First published June 7, 1926

Publisher’s Summary 

Considered to be one of Agatha Christie's greatest, and also most controversial mysteries, 'The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd' breaks the rules of traditional mystery.

The peaceful English village of King’s Abbot is stunned. The widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of Veronal. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd—the man she had planned to marry—is murdered. It is a baffling case involving blackmail and death that taxes Hercule Poirot’s “little grey cells” before he reaches one of the most startling conclusions of his career.

My Review

I downloaded this random "read now" / "auto-approved" copy out of curiosity. Agatha Christie is highly revered but I've only read one other mystery by her (Murder on the Orient Express) and I wasn't impressed. Unfortunately, The Murder of Robert Ackroyd did not change my opinion. I understand and respect how her style revolutionized an entire genre but her storytelling is so roundabout and full of red herrings that I just both murders to be solved so the books would be over. If you love reading older books or classics you may like Christie's style of writing, but I felt like I was slogging over something for a college course--analyzing style rather than enjoying the text.