Agatha Christie

Just finished reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie. Very engaging, quite different than some of her later books. Featuring Hercule Poirot in a small village as the investigating detective, the book is written in first person, with the local doctor introducing the story from his point of view. As friends with the victim, Dr. James Sheppard is at the scene of the discovery of the body found in the victim's own home. One of the few Christie novels that has drawing of the actual scene of the crime, reminding me of the Clue game. A well done mystery, from the cover of the book, " the book became a landmark in its field. In their invaluable reference work, Twentieth Century Authors, Stanley J Kunitz and Howard Haycraft call it a ' brilliant tour de force...one of the few undoubted classics of the modern detective story.'" This book was first published in 1926 and probably one of her earliest of Hercule Poirot. Must find them in order, my passion. I must say that I don't always like seeing him in the films, but the reading of this novel was enlightening as to his character.