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Review: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Author - Agatha Christie
Genre - Thriller/Mystery
No. of Pages - 368
Year of Publication - 1926
Rating - ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I can never help loving Christie's work. And I am never disappointed or bored by a single page of her books. I read this book having an assumption that this time I would be able to guess the climax and the ending.

But I was totally astonished by the climax. I actually gaped at the pages with disbelief. The ending of this book is unimaginable, however hard you try. If you want to read classics but don't know where to start, start with a Christie's novel. I assure you, you will never get disappointed.

I had randomly picked one of her books at the book fair once and since then I have enjoyed reading her work.

The protagonist of this book is Dr. Sheppard and also, the accomplice of Hercule Poirot in this murder mystery. Dr. Sheppard receives a call just after he returns from a meeting with Roger Ackroyd. The mysterious caller breaks the news of Roger Ackroyd getting murdered. And so the mystery begins. Hercule Poirot is sure that the murderer is an insider, someone personally connected to Roger Ackroyd and that all of the people who were present at the time of murder are holding something back. Everyone is having some secret. And Poirot is determined to uncover them all.

As I mentioned earlier, the ending of this book will leave you spellbound.
And strangely every thing will make sense. Just remember while reading this book: Trust no one.


Review by Bhumika Singh (Blog Author)




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