Agatha Christie's third novel featuring Hercule Poirot has the detective in retirement (showing she didn't necessarily plan on such a long career with him). Roger Ackroyd has been killed and many of his acquaintances and family members have both means and motive. Narrated by his friend and neighbor Dr. Sheppard, we learn that Ackroyd was concerned that his late friend, the widow Mrs. Ferrars, was being blackmailed. Just as Ackroyd was to learn the identity of the blackmailer, he ends up dead. His niece asks Poirot to investigate the murder, which he does along with Dr. Sheppard who takes on the role of Hastings in this book. As usual, there are many twists and turns in the plot, but the ending was definitely a surprise.
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