{"product_id":"the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd-ebook","title":"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe butler didn't do it. The narrator did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAgatha Christie's most audacious novel changed crime fiction forever, and then dared you to turn back to page one and watch her lie to you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe village of King's Abbot is the kind of English town where everyone knows everyone. The gossip flows as freely as the tea. When Roger Ackroyd is found stabbed to death in his study, the list of suspects includes the doctor, the stepson, the parlormaid, the butler, and the wealthy widow next door. Hercule Poirot, retired and living quietly among the villagers, dusts off his little grey cells. He interviews. He deduces. He builds a case.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe story is narrated by Dr. James Sheppard, the local physician, who assists Poirot in the investigation. He is a reliable witness, or so the reader assumes. He records the facts as they unfold. He notes the alibis, the inconsistencies, the suspicious behavior. He is helpful, competent, and utterly unremarkable. He is also the last person anyone would suspect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThen comes the final chapter. The trap snaps shut. The killer is revealed, and the reader realizes that everything they have just read must be reread through new eyes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Christie at her most daring and subversive: a novel that breaks the cardinal rule of detective fiction, that the narrator cannot be the killer. The twist was so shocking that it provoked a furious backlash from mystery purists and became the template for a century of unreliable narrators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFirst published in 1926, the novel that made Agatha Christie famous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe third novel featuring Hercule Poirot, following \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Mysterious Affair at Styles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1920) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Murder on the Links\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1923)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eOne of the most controversial and celebrated detective novels ever written\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who loves a mystery that plays fair, but not too fair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAgatha Christie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1890–1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright, widely regarded as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her works have sold over two billion copies worldwide, outranked only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She created two of the most famous detectives in fiction: the meticulous Belgian Hercule Poirot and the sharp-eyed amateur Miss Jane Marple. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e was published in 1926, the same year her husband, Colonel Archibald Christie, asked for a divorce. The novel's shocking twist has been praised and debated for nearly a century. She died in 1976 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54751615910260,"sku":"0-1","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54751615943028,"sku":"0-2","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54751615975796,"sku":"0-3","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54751616008564,"sku":"0-4","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/TheMurderOfRogerAckroyd_AgathaChristie_Ebook_1.png?v=1780698917","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd-ebook","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}