{"product_id":"the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd-a-hercule-poirot-mystery-the-official-authorized-edition-isbn-9780063221086","title":"The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This is Agatha Christie’s masterpiece, and if she never wrote another word, she’d have still gone down as the Queen.” –LOUISE PENNY, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Ingenious and unexpected.” –\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe official edition of the beloved classic voted by the British Crime Writers’ Association as the \"Best Crime Novel of all Time,\" now featuring a new introduction by Louise Penny, a foreword from Agatha Christie's great grandson, and exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger 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 an apparent drug overdose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information, but before he could finish reading the letter, he was stabbed to death. Luckily one of Roger’s friends and the newest resident to retire to this normally quiet village takes over—none other than Monsieur Hercule Poirot . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only beloved by generations of readers, \u003cem\u003eThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd\u003c\/em\u003e was one of Agatha Christie’s own favorite works—a brilliant whodunit that firmly established the author’s reputation as the Queen of Mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“One of the landmarks of detective literature.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eH. R. F. Keating, Crime \u0026amp; Mystery: The 100 Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I read everything by Agatha Christie,” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGillian Flynn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it go at that, but the world’s had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie is something special.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLawrence Block, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Agatha Christie’s books are both wonderful crime novels and studies in contrast and duality, and I adore them still. Underestimate them at your peril.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLouise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Gamache novels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Agatha Christie taught me many important lessons about the inner workings of the mystery novel before it ever occurred to me that I might one day be writing mysteries myself.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSue Grafton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Kinsey Millhone novels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Any mystery writer who wants to learn how to plot should spend a few days reading Agatha Christie. She’ll show you everything you want to know.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonna Leon, New York Times bestselling author of the Commissario Brunetti novels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Agatha Christie had a mind like a mousetrap and taught me, in novels like The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the pleasure of literary surprise.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Historical Adventures William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Historical Adventures William Dietrich, New York Times bestselling author of the Ethan Gage Adventures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A classic—the book has worthily earned its fame.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent (Ireland)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889639420133,"sku":"NP9780063221086","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063221086.jpg?v=1730231653","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd-a-hercule-poirot-mystery-the-official-authorized-edition-isbn-9780063221086","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}