The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Poirot retires to a village near the home of a friend, Roger Ackroyd, to pursue a project to perfect vegetable marrows. Soon after, Ackroyd is murdered and Poirot must come out of retirement to solve the case. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of Christie’s best known and most controversial novels, its innovative twist ending having a significant impact on the genre. In 2013, the British Crime Writers’ Association voted it the best crime novel ever. Howard Haycraft included it in his list of the most influential crime novels ever written.