The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Autor Agatha Christie Barry Forshawen Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 apr 2023
Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by Barry Forshaw.
In an English village, a young widow, Mrs Ferrars is found dead; she has taken her own life. Roger Ackroyd confides to his friend, Dr James Shepherd, who is the narrator of the book, that he was planning to marry Mrs Ferrars. But before her death he discovered that she had a dark secret; she killed her own husband and now someone is blackmailing her. Then, just as Ackroyd is about to find out the identity of the blackmailer, he's murdered.
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ISBN-13: 9781035004874
ISBN-10: 1035004879
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 99 x 153 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: MacMillan Collector's Library
ISBN-10: 1035004879
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 99 x 153 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: MacMillan Collector's Library
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Beatrice Porumb a dat nota:
Agatha Christie is my favourite female author! I just love Hercule Poirot, and this book is definitely a must-read for all who love this genre, full of action and mystery!
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Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time. She wrote eighty crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and several other books. Her books have sold roughly four billion copies and have been translated into 45 languages. She is the creator of the two most enduring figures in crime literature-Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple-and author of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theatre. Christie was born in Torquay, Devon in 1890. She died in 1976 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
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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.
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.
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“Agatha Christie had a mind like a mousetrap and taught me, in novels like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the pleasure of literary surprise.” — William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Historical Adventures William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Historical Adventures William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Adventures
“A classic—the book has worthily earned its fame.” — Irish Independent (Ireland)
“One of the landmarks of detective literature.” — H. R. F. Keating, Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books
“A classic—the book has worthily earned its fame.” — Irish Independent (Ireland)
“One of the landmarks of detective literature.” — H. R. F. Keating, Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books
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Roger
Ackroyd
knew
too
much.
He
knew
that
the
woman
he
loved
had
poisoned
her
brutal
first
husband.
He
suspected
also
that
someone
had
been
blackmailing
her.
Then,
tragically,
came
the
news
that
she
had
taken
her
own
life
with
a
drug
overdose.
But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death.
But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death.