“The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.”
A tangled murder mystery, with more twists and turns than you can count and an eccentric detective there to figure it out.
SYNOPSIS
The peaceful English village of King’s Abbot is stunned. First, the attractive widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of veronal. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd—the man she had planned to marry—is murdered. It is a baffling, complex case involving blackmail, suicide, and violent death, a cast that taxes Hercule Poirot’s “little grey cells” before he reaches one of the most startling conclusions of his fabled career.
REVIEW
In my opinion, this is the best Hercule Poirot book there is. In others you suspect someone, only to be proven wrong, but in this I had no clue what was going on.
It is varies from the other books in various aspects, which makes it all the more gripping. Even Poirot had seemingly worked harder than ever to solve this case.
It felt like if you missed a point you would miss the entire plot. It was one of those books that you had to finish in one single sitting.
I have no idea how the author wrote such a plot. It was simply brilliant. There were so many tangles, I would have forgotten what started when while writing. Somehow, she untangled every web slowly, while maintaining the mystery and keeping us hooked.
In conclusion, just read it.
My Rating: 5/5
Author: Agatha Christie
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