Spirits with a Twist: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Each month we'll have a lively discussion about a novel with a surprise "twist" in the plot. 

This month's book selection is The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Considered to be one of Agatha Christie's most controversial mysteries, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd breaks all the rules of traditional mystery writing.

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.

Copies of this book are available through the Information desk via Interlibrary Loan, or check out a digital copy from Hoopla.