The sleuthing work begins when Hercule Poirot is called out of retirement by the brutal murder of his friend and neighbor, Roger Ackroyd. Voted the best crime novel ever written by the British Crime Writers' Association, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is widely considered Agatha Christie's masterpiece and one of the most influential crime novels of all time. A cornerstone of crime fiction, the story contains one of the most celebrated plot twists in crime writing history. This Warbler Classics edition includes a biographical note.