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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The murder of Roger Ackroyd](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqw9h85afgs53c3gbh7ndmr/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261020%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261020T114857Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=c1960095ed1ab00b174dacd298ad93ccb918d21d9adbebe174449d34f900838a) ## About this work The murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I DR. SHEPPARD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE 1 II WHO’S WHO IN KING’S ABBOT 7 III THE MAN WHO GREW VEGETABLE MARROWS 17 IV DINNER AT FERNLY 31 V MURDER 49 VI THE TUNISIAN DAGGER 65 VII I LEARN MY NEIGHBOR’S PROFESSION 75 VIII INSPECTOR RAGLAN IS CONFIDENT 92 IX THE GOLDFISH POND 106 X THE PARLORMAID 118 XI POIROT PAYS A CALL 136 XII ROUND THE TABLE 145 XIII THE GOOSE QUILL 156 XIV MRS. ACKROYD 165 XV GEOFFREY RAYMOND 178 XVI AN EVENING AT MAH JONG 190 XVII PARKER 202 XVIII CHARLES KENT 218 XIX FLORA ACKROYD 226 XX MISS RUSSELL 238 XXI THE PARAGRAPH IN THE PAPER 251 XXII URSULA’S STORY 260 XXIII POIROT’S LITTLE REUNION 269 XXIV RALPH PATON’S STORY 284 XXV THE WHOLE TRUTH 289 XXVI AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH 298 XXVII APOLOGIA 303 THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD CHAPTER I DR. SHEPPARD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE Mrs. Ferrars died on the night of the 16th–17th September—a Thursday. I was sent for at eight o’clock on the morning of Friday the 17th. There was nothing to be done. She had been dead some hours. It was just a few minutes after nine when I reached home once more. I opened the front door with my latch-key, and purposely delayed a few moments in the hall, hanging up my hat and the light overcoat that I had deemed a wise precaution against the chill of an early autumn morning. To tell the truth, I was considerably upset and worried. I am not going to pretend that at that moment I foresaw the events of the next few weeks. I emphatically did not do so. But my instinct told me that there were stirring times ahead. From the dining-room on my left there… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-murder-of-roger-ackroyd) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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