The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
| AUTHOR | Ware, Ruth; Christie, Agatha; Christie, Agatha et al. |
| PUBLISHER | Signet Book (11/28/2023) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Mass Market Paperbound) |
Description
This Signet Classics edition of Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd includes an exclusive Introduction by Ruth Ware. In the small English village of King's Abbot, a widow's suicide has stirred up dreadful rumors of blackmail and deception. Most shocking of all is the subsequent murder of her lover Roger Ackroyd, stabbed to death in his own study by an unknown assailant. There are suspects and motives aplenty, and rumors that his neighbor, the recently retired detective Hercule Poirot, doesn't have a clue who did the dastardly deed.... Setting up the traditional rules of mystery only to shatter them, Christie delivers her most famously shocking detective novel. As Dorothy L. Sayers said, "Christie fooled you [all]..."
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ISBN-13:
9780593639580
ISBN-10:
0593639588
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Mass Market (Rack) Paperback)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
384
Carton Quantity:
48
Product Dimensions:
4.10 x 1.00 x 6.80 inches
Weight:
0.45 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
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Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional
Fiction | Science Fiction - General
Fiction | Thrillers - Crime
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level:
6.3
Point Value:
11
Interest Level:
Upper Grade
Dewey Decimal:
823.912
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This Signet Classics edition of Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd includes an exclusive Introduction by Ruth Ware. In the small English village of King's Abbot, a widow's suicide has stirred up dreadful rumors of blackmail and deception. Most shocking of all is the subsequent murder of her lover Roger Ackroyd, stabbed to death in his own study by an unknown assailant. There are suspects and motives aplenty, and rumors that his neighbor, the recently retired detective Hercule Poirot, doesn't have a clue who did the dastardly deed.... Setting up the traditional rules of mystery only to shatter them, Christie delivers her most famously shocking detective novel. As Dorothy L. Sayers said, "Christie fooled you [all]..."
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Introduction by:
Ware, Ruth
Ruth Ware grew up in Sussex, on the south coast of England. After graduating from Manchester University she moved to Paris, before settling in North London. She has worked as a waitress, a bookseller, a teacher of English as a foreign language, and a press officer. Despite being married with two small children, she has found the time to write her second psychological thriller, "The Woman in Cabin 10, "available July 2016.
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