He knows just which characters to ask which questions and knows how to put a bug in one person’s ear in a way that would ensure it would end in another’s. Poirot understands the nature of the small town and its gossip mills. Gossip becomes almost a character in its own right in this story. He sized up a character’s tendencies and weak spots and used them to gain information it was brilliant to watch unfold.Ī Poirot novel is never without its share of humor, and what had me chuckling most in this book was Christie’s treatment of “gossip”. In a way, it was almost more fun to read it this way, since I was fascinated and enthralled by how Poirot would follow the clues and how he orchestrated the characters like a brilliant puppeteer. I did not want to stop reading this book, even though I knew the identity of the murderer before I even started. (Since the BBC Poirot series includes Captain Hastings so often, it’s easy to forget how early Agatha Christie phased him out.) My Thoughts He plays the part of Poirot’s sidekick in this case and is compared a few times by Poirot to his dear friend Captain Hastings, who has gone off on his own adventures at this point in the Poirot canon. Ackroyd’s murder, never guessing that Poirot would actually solve the case. Sheppard keeps a journal recording the entire story as it happens, including the details of Poirot’s investigation of his friend Mr. Ackroyd’s missing stepson, who is nowhere to be found.ĭr. Sheppard and reveals to him a tale of poison, blackmail, and secrets, only for the doctor to discover him stabbed to death that same night. Roger Ackroyd is found murdered in his study just a day after his fiance is found to have committed suicide. (We can allow ourselves a little chuckle over this last point, since The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was only the 4th in what was to become a series of 39 novels Christie wrote for her famed Belgian detective! Retired, indeed.) The siblings’ new neighbor just happens to be none other than the recently “retired” detective, Hercule Poirot. The narrator of the story is a village doctor who lives with his sister, the town gossip. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd begins with a murder that leads to a suicide, which leads to another murder. My Review of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Summary
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