The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd 1926 Dodd, Mead

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The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd (1926, Dodd, Mead. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Stated 7th Printing Thus, December, 1926. USED. VG-/ New Fax Dust Jacket. Agatha Christie. HERCULE POIROT. A nice copy. Considered to be one of Agatha Christie's most controversial mysteries, he 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." Will ship from Oregon.

Bookseller

Mary Riversong Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

634ChristieAckroyd7

Title

The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd 1926 Dodd, Mead

Author

Christie, Agatha

Format/Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Used - Very Good

Jacket Condition

Facsimile

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First American Edition

Publisher

Dodd, Mead & Company

Place of Publication

New York

Date Published

1926

Pages

306

Size

5 3/8 X 7 5/8

Weight

0.00 lbs

Keywords

Agatha Christie, Mystery, Roger Ackroyd, First Edition, Rare, Hercule Poirot

Bookseller catalogs

Mystery; Anglophilia; Agatha Christie; Detective Fiction; Hercule Poirot; 20th Century Literature; Psychological Fiction; Science & Technology;

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