Publisher's Synopsis
Roger Ackroyd confides in his friend, Dr. Sheppard, one evening in his Fernly Park estate. The veuve he intended to marry committed suicide to avoid a chantage. In a final letter, she reveals the name of the person who holds a dreadful secret: she assassinated her husband a year before. Roger Ackroyd is discovered dead, poignarded, after having given these secrets. And the famous letter has vanished... Published in 1926, Agatha Christie's second novel quickly gained international acclaim for the rigour of an intrigue in which the mystery remained unsolved until the very last pages. And for the stupefying skill with which the astute Belgian detective Hercule Poirot led his readers to the most unexpected solution... Montalembert...
