Summary of the Book When Roger Ackroyd is found murdered, the event rocks the little English village of King’s Abbot. Ackroyd was to marry the beautiful widow Ferrars, who’d died merely a few hours before of an accidental overdose of veronal. Who murdered Roger Ackroyd, and more importantly, why? Hercule Poirot comes to the little village to find the answers, and he soon discovers that this is going to be an unusual case. About Agatha Christie Agatha Christie was an English novelist best known for her murder mystery novels. She created several best-selling storylines centred around timeless characters such as Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence and Parker Pyne. Some of her best-known books are Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, And Then There Were None and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Series Reading Order A man dies at Poirot’s doorstep, and the only clue to his identity is the number 4, scribbled over and over on a sheet of paper. Catch your copy of The Big Four today! Contents 1. Dr Sheppard at the Breakfast Table – 9 2. Who's Who in King's Abbot – 17 3. The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows – 29 4. Dinner at Fernly – 45 5. Murder – 67 6. The Tunisian Dagger – 85 7. I Learn My Neighbour's Profession – 97 8. Inspector Raglan is Confident – 117 9. The Goldfish Pond – 133 10. The Parlourmaid – 147 11. Poirot Pays a Call – 167 12. Round the Table – 179 13. The Goose Quill – 193 14. Mrs Ackroyd – 203 15. Geoffrey Raymond – 219 16. An Evening at Mah Jong – 233 17. Parker – 247 18. Charles Kent – 265 19. Flora Ackroyd – 275 20. Miss Russell – 289 21. The Paragraph in the Paper – 303 22. Ursula's Story – 313 23. Poirot’s Little Reunion – 325 24. Ralph Paton's Story – 343 25. The Whole Truth – 349 26. And Nothing But The Truth – 359 27. Apologia – 365