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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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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.

Roger Ackroyd was about to be married. He had a life of wealth and privilege. First he lost his fiancée – and then his life.

The day after her tragic suicide he retires upstairs to read a mysterious letter, leaving his closest friends and family to eat dinner below.

Just a few hours later he is found stabbed to death in a locked room with a weapon from his own collection.

Was he killed for money? For love? Or for something altogether more sinister?

The truth will out.
But you won’t see it coming.

©1926 Agatha Christie (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London UK Cosy Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Detective

Critic Reviews

"The acknowledged queen of detective fiction." (Observer)

"A classic, the book has worthily earned its fame." (Irish Independent)

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Loved it...listened all in one sitting... like all good books just couldn't put it down

love Hugh Fraser doing Agatha Christie

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I... I don't know what's real anymore, everything I know is a lie.

But really this story was really very interesting.

Fantastic story

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I thought the speaker reading the story did really well. The story line was good and had me baffled till the very end. Good story line.

Good story

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I loved the telling of the story, the narrator is very good. Well written and read

Another great Christie classic

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The big reveal at the very was a huge surprise. However, this being my fourth Agatha Christie novel, I should have realised that nothing it's impossible. I did have an issue with the narrator and his narration of Hercule Poirot's accent. The accent changed quite drastically throughout the whole narration. I applaud his attempt to match the narration of the narrator in Murder on the Orient Express. However, Hercule's accents ranged from British to French to Belgian instead, it should've been kept constant at one of these three options.

Interesting surprise, but average narrator

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Absolutely loved this story, and Hugh Fraser's narration was always engaging and hilarious. Such a great mystery that really leaves you guessing until the final chapter.

Wow. Just, wow!

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Huge Fraser always reads Agatha Christie so well.
The Murder of Rodgers Aykroyd is one of her best

always well worth listening to

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A classic Christie, impeccably read. A great introduction to her work, perhaps one of the best.

excellent

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A murder. Numerous suspects. All have a motive. Yet “the one” is always someone unassuming to the reader. The narrator did a fabulous job bringing the characters to life. This novel felt so cozy and intimate. I felt I was in the room with the detective uncovering clues.

Papa Poirot the Great

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I really enjoyed this classic murder mystery, but what made this exceptional was the narrator.

I wish every audiobook was this good!

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