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By (author) Agatha Christie; By (author) Christie, Agatha
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Think you know whodunnit?Think again.
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Think you know whodunnit?Think again.
Poor Roger Ackroyd. He knew the woman he loved had been harbouring guilty secret. And then, yesterday, she killed herself.
But guilty secrets rarely stay secret. Who had been blackmailing her? Had it really driven her to suicide? Sadly, Roger Ackroyd wasn’t going to live long enough to find out . . .
Review quote:
‘A classic – the book has worthily earned its fame.’
–Irish Independent
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‘The truly startling denouement is uncommonly original.’
–Books
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‘One of the landmarks of detective literature.’ H.R.F. Keating, –Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books
Biographical note:
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.
Promotional headline:
For Fans of Classic British Literature and Twisty Whodunit Mysteries
Feature:
For Fans of Classic British Literature and Twisty Whodunit Mysteries
• The first time Agatha Christie has been published in B format.
• Newly repackaged Agatha Christie paperbacks, designed in response to market research and target the largest possible number of potential Agatha Christie readers.
• Two out of three of all fiction readers have read an Agatha Christie book, and more than half want to read her again.
• Also available as an unabridged audiobook, read by Hugh Fraser, and in a comic book edition.
• The first Agatha Christie book published by Collins, and the one which really made her name for its sheer ingenuity.
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