The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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Narrated by:
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Hugh Fraser
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By:
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Agatha Christie
About this listen
Agatha Christie’s most daring crime mystery – an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.
Roger Ackroyd was about to be married. He had a life of wealth and privilege. First he lost his fiancée – and then his life.
The day after her tragic suicide he retires upstairs to read a mysterious letter, leaving his closest friends and family to eat dinner below.
Just a few hours later he is found stabbed to death in a locked room with a weapon from his own collection.
Was he killed for money? For love? Or for something altogether more sinister?
The truth will out.
But you won’t see it coming.
Critic Reviews
"The acknowledged queen of detective fiction." (Observer)
"A classic, the book has worthily earned its fame." (Irish Independent)
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- Alison
- 09-04-2021
love Hugh Fraser doing Agatha Christie
Loved it...listened all in one sitting... like all good books just couldn't put it down
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- ashley
- 04-01-2018
Fantastic story
I... I don't know what's real anymore, everything I know is a lie.
But really this story was really very interesting.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-02-2024
Good story
I thought the speaker reading the story did really well. The story line was good and had me baffled till the very end. Good story line.
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- Ruth
- 17-08-2019
Another great Christie classic
I loved the telling of the story, the narrator is very good. Well written and read
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- Anonymous User
- 23-07-2019
Interesting surprise, but average narrator
The big reveal at the very was a huge surprise. However, this being my fourth Agatha Christie novel, I should have realised that nothing it's impossible. I did have an issue with the narrator and his narration of Hercule Poirot's accent. The accent changed quite drastically throughout the whole narration. I applaud his attempt to match the narration of the narrator in Murder on the Orient Express. However, Hercule's accents ranged from British to French to Belgian instead, it should've been kept constant at one of these three options.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-02-2021
Wow. Just, wow!
Absolutely loved this story, and Hugh Fraser's narration was always engaging and hilarious. Such a great mystery that really leaves you guessing until the final chapter.
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- Rose
- 27-06-2022
always well worth listening to
Huge Fraser always reads Agatha Christie so well.
The Murder of Rodgers Aykroyd is one of her best
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- Saxen49
- 24-09-2018
excellent
A classic Christie, impeccably read. A great introduction to her work, perhaps one of the best.
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- shivaani
- 30-04-2022
Papa Poirot the Great
A murder. Numerous suspects. All have a motive. Yet “the one” is always someone unassuming to the reader. The narrator did a fabulous job bringing the characters to life. This novel felt so cozy and intimate. I felt I was in the room with the detective uncovering clues.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-01-2024
A Clever Mystery, Right to the Last Word
I thoroughly enjoyed the ending to this mystery. In the middle I was a bit bored by the setting and didn't find the characters as dynamic as I'd usually like however it all comes together perfectly at the end. Great performance by Hugh Fraser, comforting for anyone who loves the David Suchet Poirot TV series.
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