The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Christie, Agatha
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 0739404636
- ISBN 13
- 9780739404638
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd, By Agatha Christie. G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY 1985. BCE. Features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Used. VG+/VG Original beige clock motif dust jacket. Book appears almost as new. Plot Summary: The first-person narrator of the story, Dr. James Sheppard, lives with his older unmarried sister Caroline in the country village of King's Abbot on the outskirts of London. As the local physician with an active practice, Dr. Sheppard becomes emmeshed in a mysterious suicide and murder and the ensuing investigations into them over a nine-day period. Dr. Sheppard begins his account on the morning of September 17 with the overdose death of his patient Mrs. Ferrars..."
Synopsis
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons in June 1926 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company on the 19th of the same month. It features Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. It is one of Christie's best known and most controversial novels, its innovative twist ending having a significant impact on the genre.
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- Seller
- Mary Riversong Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 704ChristieAckroydPutnam
- Title
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- Author
- Christie, Agatha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reissue Edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0739404636
- ISBN 13
- 9780739404638
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 213
- Size
- 5 3/4 X 8 1/2
- Keywords
- Suicide, Murder, Dr. James Sheppard, King's Abbot, England, Mrs. Ferrars, Patient, Wealth, Aristocracy, Victim, Overdose, Drinking, Alcoholism, Suspect
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Anglophilia; Agatha Christie; Detective Fiction; Hercule Poirot; 20th Century Literature;
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