The murder of Roger Ackroyd

by Agatha Christie

THE MURDER OF
ROGER ACKROYD

BY
AGATHA CHRISTIE

AUTHOR OF
THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS,
THE MURDER ON THE LINKS, Etc.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1926,
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

To Punkie,
who likes an orthodox detective
story, murder, inquest, and suspicion
falling on every one in turn!

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