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agatha christie


the murder of roger ackroyd












plot summary


the book is set in the fictional village of king's abbott in england. It is narrated by dr. James sheppard* who becomes poirot's assistant (a role filled by captain hastings in several other poirot novels). The story begins with the death of mrs. Ferrars* a wealthy widow who is rumoured to have murdered her husband. Her death is initially believed to be an accident until roger ackroyd* a widower who had been expected to marry mrs. Ferrars* reveals that she admitted to killing her husband and then committed suicide. Shortly after this he is found murdered. The suspects include mrs. Cecil ackroyd* roger's neurotic hypochondriac sister-in-law who has accumulated personal debts through extravagant spending; her daughter flora; major blunt* a big-game hunter; geoffrey raymond* ackroyd's personal secretary; ralph paton* ackroyd's stepson and another person with heavy debts; parker* a snooping butler; and ursula bourne* a parlourmaid with an uncertain history who resigned her post the afternoon of the murder.
the initial suspect is ralph* who is engaged to flora and stands to inherit his stepfather's fortune. Several critical pieces of evidence seem to point to ralph. Poirot* who has just moved to the town* begins to investigate at flora's behest.

identity of the murderer

the book ends with a then-unprecedented plot twist. Poirot exonerates all of the original suspects. He then lays out a completely reasoned case that the murderer is in fact dr. Sheppard* who has not only been poirot's assistant* but the story's narrator. Dr. Sheppard was mrs. Ferrars' blackmailer* and he murdered ackroyd to stop him learning the truth from mrs. Ferrars. In the final chapter of sheppard's narrative (a sort of epilogue)* sheppard admits his guilt and reveals that he had hoped to be the one to write the account of poirot's great failure: not solving the murder of roger ackroyd. Thus* the last chapter acts as both sheppard's confession and suicide note.



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