The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – Agatha Christie
The first Hercule Poirot mystery, this novel is routinely voted the best mystery novel of all time. It’s a twist-ending book that makes Christie into the villain. She misleads us just like the novel’s guilty party. To teach us? To entertain us? To test us? Yes. The story is compelling. Christie’s prose isn’t flashy and has aged well. If you want a rearrangement of the mystery novel’s furniture, read Murder on the Orient Express. If you want someone who demolishes the house, read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
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