The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Summarized Edition)
Enriched edition. An English village Poirot whodunit with fair-play clues, a closed-circle investigation, and an unreliable narrator twistBy Agatha Christie
Length3h 15m
About this audiobook
Set in the quiet English village of King's Abbot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd finds Hercule Poirot in supposed retirement while a shocking death—following whispers of blackmail and a troubling suicide—summons his methodical genius. Narrated by the village doctor, the novel marries the cozy textures of rural life with razor-edged clue placement, from furtive evening calls to a dictaphone's deceptive timing. Christie exploits first-person narration with unprecedented boldness, testing the conventions of 'fair play' detection and, in 1926, altering the trajectory of Golden Age crime fiction with an audacious, meticulously prepared denouement. Agatha Christie, already acclaimed as the 'Queen of Crime,' drew on her pharmacist training for technical precision and on her keen ear for social nuance to anatomize community secrets. Developing Poirot across her early novels, she used Ackroyd to probe the ethics of clueing and testimony, channeling contemporary debates about reader contract, narrative reliability, and the boundaries of misdirection. This is essential reading for aficionados and scholars alike: a puzzle that rewards scrutiny on first encounter and yields deeper structural pleasures upon rereading. Assign it in courses on narratology or the Golden Age, or simply savor its crystalline craft; few mysteries better demonstrate the genre's possibilities.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length3 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 12, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5Author Biography
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6Chapter I. Dr Sheppard at the Breakfast Table
7Chapter II. Who's Who in King's Abbot
8Chapter III. The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows
9Chapter IV. Dinner at Fernly
10Chapter V. Crime
11Chapter VI. The Tunisian Dagger
12Chapter VII. I Learn My Neighbors Profession
13Chapter VIII. Inspector Raglan is Confident
14Chapter IX. The Goldfish Pond
15Chapter X. The Parlormaid
16Chapter XI. Poirot Pays a Call
17Chapter XII. Round the Table
18Chapter XIII. The Goose Quill
19Chapter XIV. Mrs Ackroyd
20Chapter XV. Geoffrey Raymond
21Chapter XVI. An Evening at Mah Jong
22Chapter XVII. Parker
23Chapter XVIII. Charles Kent
24Chapter XIX. Flora Ackroyd
25Chapter XX. Miss Russell
26Chapter XXI. The Paragraph in the Paper
27Chapter XXII. Ursula's Story
28Chapter XXIII. Poirot's Little Reunion
29Chapter XXIV. Ralph Paton's Story
30Chapter XXV. The Whole Truth
31Chapter XXVI. And Nothing But the Truth
32Chapter XXVII. Apologia
33Analysis
34Reflection
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