| Dr. Sheppard, the character who narrates this remarkable tale, suspects that his new neighbor, with his polished, finicky ways, his foreign accent, and his enormous moustache, must be a retired hairdresser. But the peculiarly brutal murder of wealthy neighbor Roger Ackroyd reveals the truth: that funny little man is actually a retired detective, Hercule Poirot. Then, when the police are befuddled, Poirot steps in to sort out the clues shrewdly and to shock everyone with the truth about the killer, in a brilliant landmark of the genre. It turns out that narrator Sheppard himself is instrumental in giving Poirot one of the most valuable clues to a very perplexing mystery. Shattering traditions, this ingeniously tricky masterpiece startled fans, stunned critics, and has remained one of the most controversial mysteries ever written, ever since its original 1926 publication.Ranked number 12 by the Mystery Writers of America in their list of the Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time; deemed one of the five best mysteries of the 20th century by the Bouchercon Mystery Convention, the largest mystery convention in the world. |
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