The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Author: Agatha Christie

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May 16, 2022

Context:

Described as 'arguably the single greatest detective novel of all time' and discussed at length for its groundbreaking twist where the narrator is the murderer. The hosts analyze its linguistic brilliance — how Christie uses ellipsis and gaps between sentences to hide the truth in plain sight — and note it has been repeatedly voted the greatest detective novel ever. They also discuss how nobody in the novel is who they say they are, reflecting 1920s social anxiety.