The murder of Roger Ackroyd : a Hercule Poirot mystery
Record details
- ISBN: 9781579126278
- ISBN: 1579126278
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Physical Description:
288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal : Distributed by Workman Pub. Co., [2006]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published: New York : Dodd, Mead & Company, c1926. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Dr. Sheppard at the breakfast table -- Who's who in King's Abbot -- The man who grew vegetable marrows -- Dinner at Fernly -- Murder -- The Tunisian dagger -- I learn my neighbor's profession -- Inspector Raglan is confident -- The goldfish pond -- The parlormaid -- Poirot pays a call -- Round the table -- The goose quill -- Mrs. Ackroyd -- Goeffrey Raymond -- An evening at Mah Jong -- Parker -- Charles Kent -- Flora Ackroyd -- Miss Russell -- The paragraph in the paper -- Ursula's story -- Poirot's little reunion -- Ralph Paton's story -- The whole truth -- And nothing but the truth. |
Summary, etc.: | A widow's sudden suicide sparks rumors that she murdered her first husband, was being blackmailed, and was carrying on a secrey affair with the wealthy Roger Ackroyd. The following evening, Ackroyd is murdered in his locked study, but not before receiving a letter identifying the widow's blackmailer. Kings Abbot is crawling with suspects and it's up to famous detective, Hercule Poirot, to solve the case. |
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Subject: | Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) Fiction Private investigators England Fiction Belgians England Fiction |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
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- 6 of 8 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | M Chr (Text) | 33180123762867 | Adult Mystery - Second Floor | Available | - |