The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

By: Agatha Christie

Narrated by: Hugh Fraser

Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

©1926 Agatha Christie Limited (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Please delete spolier reviews!!!

PLEASE delete the review from Audible Customer on 09-03-20 who, with one heartless, careless sentence, gives the whole book away! I just purchased this, but I am actually going to return it now since it is SPOILED. Audible should not allow reviews like that to be posted, that blatantly give away a whodunnit mystery!

Terrific!

The story, as expected, was great, but the reading performance was superb! One of the best I've ever listened to.

Great Read!!

I love Agatha Christie, have for a while now, and have read most of her books. But I always put this one off for reasons i cannot remember. So after listening to it finally, i cannot believe that i didnt read it earlier. It is Christie at her finest, and such a down tempo to her other, more exotic Poirot novels. Great narration, and a very good mystery. Highly recommend!!

Nothing like Poirot’s little gray cells

Poirot’s case when retired to King’s Abbot. I avidly read Christie as a teenager, but just didn’t remember who was the bad guy in this story when I started the audiobook. She really was an amazing author.
Fraser does justice to the story as narrator.

It will keep you on the edge of your seat!!

Loved it. Wonderful performance. Perfectly written. A true thriller! The dreadful realization took me by utter surprise!

loved it!!!

I never saw the ending coming. Agatha Christie is an excellent writer and I highly recommend this book.

Very good listen

Enjoyed very much. Liked the direction and flow. very good period piece that's definitely worth the listen

Captivating and disturbing

The narrator and the accents make the audible version captivating from start to finish. Recommended.

One of my favorites

As a Poirot and Agatha Christie fan, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was the first novel on my to-read list that I have read before and I was thrilled that we picked it for our book club. Despite my familiarity with the story, and its famous twist, it was and still is the most engrossing book I've read. The mystery works just as well if you know the secrets or don't.
My first memories of Agatha Christie's works begin with a bookcase and suggestions that used to live in my house growing up and the full collection my dad owned. He still has them today, hardcover, red books with delicate writings, notes and bookmarks to mark your page. It’s so nostalgic and wonderful. These books always took on a special reverence whenever I looked at them. I still think of her books that way, as something just that bit more wonderful than anything else.
Christie knows how to tell a story. Her books are more consumed than read, pages and chapters fly past before you realise how late it is. Alongside this, she plots a scientific murder case for Poirot to unravel. The result is a masterclass in detective fiction - enough adventure, mystery and surprise.

I won't go into the plot in any detail, as it should be followed free of any conceptions or biases. Safe to say it's a detective story unlike any other.
A word for Poirot himself, created in earlier books but perfected here. He is determined and just, annoying and pompous. Like Sherlock Holmes, Poirot has stood the test of time - he is a character so well drawn that he will always be intriguing for writers and filmmakers to adapt. I strongly suggest watching the series as well. Maybe we can do a watch party. 🤩

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a real mystery for the first-time reader, one of Christie's best. For second and subsequent readings, the fun becomes following the clues and red herrings. The novel also serves as a good introduction to Poirot, with the narrator acting as a surrogate for the reader (in the same way Captain Hastings does in the earlier books).
This novel, now over 95 years old. Christie changed mystery writing forever with Roger Ackroyd. It's no surprise that mystery writers agree, voting the book the best ever crime novel ever written in 2013. Together we gave it 4/5.

Wonderful story

Kenneth Branagh’s rendition is better. But this one is still a decent one. The choice of the doctor as narrator is wonderful.