The Complete, Annotated Murder of Roger Ackroyd
About this ebook
* Nearly 15,000 words in the footnotes describing words, historical events, and cultural references<br>
* Essays on Agatha Christie’s life and how she found love again, what to look for when rereading <i>Ackroyd</i>, the controversy over a claimed Scandinavian inspiration, what you’ll find in a doctor’s black bag, Christie’s legacy as a fictional character, a review of the <i>Poirot</i> episode, and what the reviewers thought of the book at the time<br>
* Maps and illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel<br>
* Character list, cover gallery, and a full bibliography<br>
* More than 30 photos and illustrations<br>
<h4>Agatha Christie’s most controversial novel<br></h4><p>In this annotated edition of the groundbreaking Agatha Christie novel, Hercule Poirot retires to the village of King’s Abbot to raise vegetable marrows. But when his friend Roger Ackroyd is found stabbed to death in his study, Poirot is asked to investigate. Many people would benefit from the death of the country squire, but none of them could have done it, except for the man who vanished!</p><p>With the help of Dr. Sheppard, who narrates the tale, Poirot examines the evidence, but each clue raises more questions. Whose finger wore the wedding ring before it was tossed into the lake? Who visited the summer-house in the middle of the night? Who left muddy footprints on the window sill? What secrets are being kept from Poirot by the Ackroyd family and servants?<br></p><p>Published in 1926, <em>The Murder of Roger Ackroyd</em> established Christie as the premiere mystery novelist of her time, and her 11-day disappearance after its publication spread her name worldwide. This new annotated edition, edited by Bill Peschel, contains an additional 30,000 words in footnotes and essays describing unfamiliar words, expands on the story, and delves into the novel’s background and the life of its author.<br></p><p><em>The Complete, Annotated Murder of Roger Ackroyd,</em> the seventh book in Peschel Press’ Complete, Annotated series, will entertain, educate, and enlighten you. Learn about Agatha Christie during her greatest crisis and how she rebuilt her life and found a second chance at love.<br></p>
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About the author
Over a long, prolific career, AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890-1976) created two iconic characters in the mystery genre — Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple — and wrote eighty crime novels and collections of stories, nineteen plays, six novels written as Mary Westmacott, an autobiography and a memoir, Come, Tell Me How You Live. Her play, The Mousetrap, is the longest-running play in history.
BILL PESCHEL is a former journalist who shares a Pulitzer Prize with the staff of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. He also is a mystery fan who has run the Wimsey Annotations at www.planetpeschel.com for nearly two decades. He is the author of Writers Gone Wild (Penguin). Through Peschel Press he publishes Sherlock parodies and pastiches in the 223B Casebook Series and annotated novels by Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, and others. He lives with his family in Hershey, where the air really smells like chocolate. Visit Bill at Peschel Press (www.peschelpress.com) and sign up for his newsletter. Email Bill at Peschel@peschelpress.com.
