The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
To Punkie
who likes an orthdox detective story, murder, inquest, and suspicion falling on everyone in turn!
UK
Collins, London, Jun. 1926
London Evening News, Jul.16-Sep.16 1925 as 'Who Killed Ackroyd?'
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, Jun. 1926
Flynn's Weekly Detective, Jun.19-Jul.10 1926

Plot

Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He Knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose.
But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to death...

Contents

1. Dr Sheppard at the Breakfast Table
2. Who's WHo in King's Abbot
3. The Man Who Grew Vegetable Marrows
4. Dinner at Fernly
5. Murder
6. The Tunisian Dagger
7. I Learn My Neighbour's Profession
8. Inspector Raglan is Confident
9. The Goldfish Pond
10. The Parlourmaid
11. Poirot Pays a Call
12. Round the Table
13. The Goose Quill
14. Mrs Ackroyd
15. Geoffrey Raymond
16. An Evening at Mah Jong
17. Parker
18. Charles Kent
19. Flora Ackroyd
20. Miss Russell
21. The Paragraph in the Paper
22. Ursula's Story
23. Poirot's Little Reunion
24. Ralph Paton's Story
25. The Whole Truth
26. And Nothing But The Truth
27. Apologia

Characters

Hercule Poirot, Roger Ackroyd, Paton, Mrs Cecil Ackroyd, Flora, Raymond, Parker, Miss Russell, Ursula, Blunt, Doctor Sheppard, Caroline Sheppard, Inspector Raglan, Inspector Davis, Hammond, Kent

Films & TV

Alibi, UK, 1931
Film list
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, ITV/UK, 2000
Agatha Christie's POIROT VII
Neudacha Puaro, RU, 2002
TV drama list
KUROIDO-goroshi, JP, 2018
TV drama list

Alibi (play)

adapted by Michael Morton, 1928
at Prince of Wales's Theatre (London), 1928
in New York with the title "The Fatal Albi" in 1932

"Alibi"
London, 1928
"The Fatal Alibi"
New York, 1932
Hercule PoirotCharles Laughton
Doctor SheppardJ.H. RobertsMoffat Johnston
Sir Roger AckroydNorman V. NormanLionel Pape
Mrs. AckroydLady TreeEffie Shannon
Flora AckroydJane WelshJane Wyatt
ParkerHenry DaniellDonald Randolph
Major BluntBasil LoderKenneth Hunter
Ursula BourneIris NoelJane Bramley
Geoffrey RaymondHenry Forbes-RobertsonEdward Crandall
Caryl SheppardGillian LindHelen Vinson
Ralph PatonCyril NashLowell Gilmore
Inspector DaviesJohn DarwinLawrence Cecil
Mr. HammondJ. Smith-WrightFothringham Lysons
MargotConstance AndersonAndree Corday

UK/US covers

William Collins and Sons / Fontana Books / HarperCollins

Dodd, Mead and Company / Grosset&Dunlap

Pocket Books

Penguin Books

Berkley Books

other publishers

Western Europe covers

Le meurtre de Roger Ackroyd

French index

Le Masque (#1) 1927

Club des Masques

Le Livre de Poche (#617) 1960

Le Livre de Poche Jeunesse

other publishers

Muntr Roger Ackroyd


De moord op Roger Ackroyd

Dutch index


Alibi

German index

Goldmann

Scherz

other publishers

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Northern Europe covers

Dolken från Tunis // Hur gåtan löstes

Swedish index


Hvem dræbte? // Mordet på Roger Ackroyd

Danish index


Doktoren mister en pasient

Norwegian index


Roger Ackroydin murha // Odottamaton ratkaisu / Kello 9,10

Finnish index


Morðið á Roger Ackroyd / Poirot og læknirinn / ... og ekkert nema sannleikann

Icelandic index


Roger Ackroydi mõrvamine / Roger Ackroydi mõrv

Estonian index


Rodžerio Ekroido nužudymas

Lithuanian index


Southern Europe covers

L'assassinio di Roger Ackroyd // Dalle Nove Alle Dieci

Italian index


El asesinato de Roger Ackroyd / El asesinato de Rogelio Ackroyd

Spanish index

El asesinato de Rogelio Ackroyd


El asesinato de Roger Ackroyd


Roger Ackroyden hilketa


L'assassinat de Roger Ackroyd


O Asasinato de Roger Ackroyd


O Assassinato de Roger Ackroyd

Portuguese index


Ποιός σκότωσε τον Ρότζερ Ακρόυντ / Ο φόνος του Ρότζερ Ακρόυντ / Ποιός σκότωσε τον Ακρόυντ / Η δολοφονία του Ρότζερ Άκροϊντ

Greek index

Ποιός σκότωσε τον Ρότζερ Ακρόυντ


Ο φόνος του Ρότζερ Ακρόυντ


Ποιός σκότωσε τον Ακρόυντ


Η δολοφονία του Ρότζερ Άκροϊντ


Ubistvo Rodžera Akrojda

former Yugoslavia index


Ubistvo Rodžera Akrojda

former Yugoslavia index


Tko je ubio Rogera Ackroyda? // Ubojstvo Rogera Ackroyda

former Yugoslavia index


Umor Rogerja Ackroyda

former Yugoslavia index


Убиството на Роџер Акројд

former Yugoslavia index


Vrasja e Roxher Akroidit

Albanian index


Eastern Europe covers

Vražda Rogera Ackroyda

Slovak index


Vražda Rogera Ackroyda // Vražda milionáře Ackroyda

Czech index


Az Ackroyd-gyilkosság // Poirot mester bravúrja

Hungarian index


Алиби // Убийството на Роджър Акройд

Bulgarian index


Zabójstwo Rogera Ackroyda

Polish index


Asasinarea lui Roger Ackroyd // Uciderea lui Roger Ackroyd / Cine l-a ucis pe Roger Ackroyd?

Romanian index


Убивство Роджера Екройда

Ukrainian index


Убийство Роджера Экройда

Russian index


The Murder of Roger Ackroyd


Middle East & Asian covers

როჟერ ერკორდის მკვლელობა / როჯერ ეკროიდის მკვლელობა / მკვლელობა ქინგს ებოთში

Georgian index


Roger Ackroyd Cinayeti // Roger Ackroyd Öldürüldü / Ölümün Sıcak Eli / Akroydun Katli / Şok

Turkish index


Rocer Ekroydun Qətli

Azerbaijan index


Ռոջեր Էքրոյդի սպանությունը


רצח רוג'ר אקרויד /מי רצח את רוג'ר אקרויד / תעלומת רצח רוג'ר אקרויד

Hebrew index


من الذى قتل السيد روجر أكرويد / مقتل روجر أكرويد / الجريمة المزدوجة / جنون الإنتقام / مقتل السيد اكرويد

Arabic index

من الذى قتل السيد روجر أكرويد


مقتل روجر أكرويد


الجريمة المزدوجة


جنون الإنتقام


مقتل السيد اكرويد


قتل راجر آکروید / پنج بامداد پایان پیام / ماجرای قتل راجر آکروید / مرگ راجرآکروید / قتل آقای راجر

Persian index

قتل راجر آکروید


پنج بامداد پایان پیام


ماجرای قتل راجر آکروید


مرگ راجرآکروید


قتل آقای راجر


راجر ایکرائڈ کا قتل

South Asia index


(Hindi) द़ मर्डर औफ़ रौजर ऍक्रौयड / (Tamil) ரோஜர் ஆக்ராய்டு கொல்லப்பட்டார் / (Malayalam) റോജർ അക്രോയ്ഡിന്റെ കൊലപാതകം / (Marathi) द मर्डर ऑफ रॉजर अँक्रॉयड / (Gujarati) હુ ઈઝ ધ કિલર ?

South Asia index


পোয়েটিক জাস্টিস

South Asia index


රොජර් ඇක්‍රෝයිඩ් මරා දැමීම

South Asia index


Pembunuhan atas Roger Ackroyd // Selamat Tinggal Poirot

Indonesian index


ฆาตกรรมโรเจอร์ แอ็คครอยด์ / คดีฆาตกรรมโรเจอร์ แอ็กครอยด์ / ฆาตกรรมชวนฉงน / แกะรอยคดีกริชสังหาร / กริชสังหาร / คดีฆาตกรรมโรเจอร์ แอกครอยด์ / ใครฆ่าโรเจอร์ แอ็กครอยด์ / ฆาตกรรม โรเจอร์ แอคครอยด์ / คดีฆาตกรรม โรเจอร์ แอคครอยด์

Thai index

ฆาตกรรมโรเจอร์ แอ็คครอยด์


คดีฆาตกรรมโรเจอร์ แอ็กครอยด์


ฆาตกรรมชวนฉงน


แกะรอยคดีกริชสังหาร


กริชสังหาร


คดีฆาตกรรมโรเจอร์ แอกครอยด์


ใครฆ่าโรเจอร์ แอ็กครอยด์


ฆาตกรรม โรเจอร์ แอคครอยด์


คดีฆาตกรรม โรเจอร์ แอคครอยด์


Vụ Ám Sát Ông Roger Ackroyd / Vì Sao Ông Ackroyd Chết? / Ai giết ông Ecroy?

Vietnamese index

Vụ Ám Sát Ông Roger Ackroyd


Vì Sao Ông Ackroyd Chết


Ai giết ông Ecroy?


謎情記 / 罗杰疑案 / 芬瑞莊謀殺案 / 羅傑·亞克洛伊命案 / 艾克洛德命案 / 迷雾 / 罗杰·亚克洛伊命案 / 罗杰·艾克罗伊德谋杀案 / 羅傑·艾克洛命案 / 阿克罗德谋杀案

Chinese index

謎情記


罗杰疑案


芬瑞莊謀殺案


羅傑·亞克洛伊命案


艾克洛德命案


迷雾


罗杰·亚克洛伊命案


罗杰·艾克罗伊德谋杀案


羅傑·艾克洛命案


阿克罗德谋杀案


アクロイド殺し / アクロイド殺害事件 / アクロイド殺人事件

Japanese index

アクロイド殺し


限りなき魅惑


アクロイドを殺したのは誰か


アクロイド殺害事件


アクロイド殺人事件


アリバイ



애크로이드 살인 사건 / 아크로이드의 죽음

Korean index

애크로이드 살인 사건


아크로이드의 죽음