The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in June 1926 in the United Kingdom by William Collins, Sons and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company.
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Following her marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan in 1930, she spent several months each year on digs in the Middle East and used her first-hand knowledge of his profession in her fiction.
During both World Wars, she served in hospital dispensaries, acquiring a thorough knowledge of the poisons which featured in many of her novels, short stories, and plays.
Her first husband was Archibald Christie; they married in 1914 and had one child before divorcing in 1928.
She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six consecutive rejections, but this changed in 1920 when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring detective Hercule Poirot, was published.
Christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, and was largely home-schooled.
Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) for her contributions to literature.
She also wrote the world\'s longest-running play, The Mousetrap, which was performed in the West End from 1952 to 2020, as well as six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. (wikipedia.org) Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 - 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
The short biography of Christie which is included in 21st century UK printings of her books calls it her masterpiece.
Howard Haycraft included it in his list of the most influential crime novels ever written.
It is one of Christie\'s best known and most controversial novels, its innovative twist ending having a significant impact on the genre.
In 2013, the British Crime Writers\' Association voted it the best crime novel ever.
The novel was well-received from its first publication.
Soon after, Ackroyd is murdered and Poirot must come out of retirement to solve the case.
Poirot retires to a village near the home of a friend, Roger Ackroyd, to pursue a project to perfect vegetable marrows.
It is the third novel to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in June 1926 in the United Kingdom by William Collins, Sons and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company
