Detective Fiction
Agatha Christie, the name doesn't require any introduction if you are a book bee, widely known for her 66 detective novels, centric of the fictional character Hercule Poirot. Fiction lovers can never get over the Poirot's hangover, small Belgium man has stamped a legendary impression in the hearts of readers.
I was in a bookstore a month ago in quest of an engaging detective novel, I must admit being a fiction lover I never read any of Christie's work. A book with classic Dictaphone printed on its cover got my attention, possessed by curiosity I grabbed the book and opened it and to my bewilderment, it's a limited facsimile edition of Christie's 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'. Heard a lot about this one and the character H. Poirot many times thus I ceased my thoughts of going further for another book and I bagged it gracefully.
Initially, I had this attitude about this book because it's a book first published in 1926 and its story can hardly make me a surprise (a 90-year-old story is very much predictive, in my thoughts) by the end of the book I was only proved to be wrong. Though I don't want to reveal the plot of the story it is tough to explain the feel of the plot without spoilers.
The story begins with the murder scene of Mrs Ferrars and a brief introduction to all the characters in the plot and real suspense begins with the chilling murder of Roger Ackroyd and plot manoeuvring around his adopted son, Ralph Paton. Detective novels mostly have a duo finding the unsolved mysteries like Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson and by conjunction, Hercule Poirot is assisted by a local doctor James Sheppard who is instrumental in solving the case. The book is dedicated to Punkie, older sister of Christie.
End of the book you feel only one thing 'how can a 90-year-old story is still rejoicing and bewilders the reader, maybe this is the reason Agatha Christie book featured on the list of 10001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.
Though I can write a lot about this book I sum up in an easy way "Unprecedented destinations are peerless so does the most unpredictable endings".
The reading experience of this book will fill a new feeling of joy into your brain cells.
It's definitely an artful work of a genius.
