Many suspects, and one of them is the murderer—that’s Agatha Christie’s signature style—the most published author of all time and all peoples after Shakespeare!
At first, the murder of squire Roger Ackroyd didn’t seem mysterious to the police—everything pointed to the step-son as the culprit. But that’s not how Hercule Poirot sees it, especially since he has recently moved to these parts, once again deciding to retire from the world. The nephew of Ackroyd asked him to help, because she doesn’t believe the young man is guilty. And Hercule Poirot begins his investigation with a whole circle of suspects around him—relatives and acquaintances of the squire, each of whom had an interest in his death. The narration is from the viewpoint of Doctor Sheppard, the last person who saw Ackroyd alive. With the help of his records, Poirot will have to identify the crafty criminal…