The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Picked up this book for several reasons.

1. I'd read "Crooked House" by Agatha Christie many years before and it was a very enjoyable read.


2. Recently there was a cartoon on tv that shows the work of Agatha Christie and her famous story characters.


3. I read in "Odd Thomas" about this particular book.

Count it lucky that I found this book in the library, and I am not disappointed. Roger Ackroyd is a rich man, the man of a household. When he discovered a secret of his lover, he was murdered. As expected, everyone in the household became immediate suspects. Hercule Poirot the famous detective is subsequently involved in solving the mystery.

As I mentioned above, this book was brought up in Dean Koontz' "Odd Thomas". Hence before even reading the book I knew who is the murderer. I tried to look for clues that give him away, but the story gets more and more complicated that I wondered if Dean Koontz got it wrong. Amazingly, like what people always say, "the jigsaw pieces start to fall into places".

I'm truly shocked by the ending, despite knowing who is the murderer beforehand.