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Puisqu'il est le médecin du village, Sheppard est l'un des premiers, naturellement, à constater la mort étrange qui frappe successivement M. Ferrars, puis sa veuve, enfin Roger Ackroyd avec lequel elle devait se remarier... Le voici associé à la fascinante enquête que mène, impromptu, un certain Hercule Poirot - " énorme moustache " et " yeux inquisiteurs " - qui passe là sa retraite et " cultive des citrouilles " ! Chacun, à sa manière, semble bien être mêlé à ce mystère ; mais " il n'est pas facile de cacher quelque chose à Hercule Poirot, car il a l'habitude de tout découvrir ". (http://www.amazon.fr/Meurtre-Roger-Ackroyd-Agatha-Christie/dp/2253006963) http://www.amazon.fr/Meurtre-Roger-Ackroyd-Agatha-Christie/dp/2253006963 ISBN : 9782253006961 Belgian Inspector Hercule Poirot has retired to the countryside in the small English village of King's Abbot. Dr. Sheppard, observing his new neighbor, is sure that he must be a former hairdresser. But the brutal murder of a local squire reveals the truth: the peculiar little man is actually a detective par excellence. The Murder of the wealthy industrialist Roger Ackroyd begins the night before with the suicide of Mrs. Ferrars, a wealthy widow. Her death is believed to be an accident, until Roger Ackroyd is stabbed to death in his locked study. There are rumors she poisoned her first husband, rumors that she was being blackmailed, rumors that her secret lover was Roger Ackroyd, a man who knew too much, but no one is sure. There's no shortage of suspects, all the members of the household stand to gain from his death, from Roger's neurotic sister-in-law who has accumulated personal debts, to a parlormaid with an uncertain history who resigned her post the afternoon of the murder. But the police focus on Ralph Paton, Ackroyd's stepson and heir, and the person with the most to gain from Roger's death. When sleuth Hercule Poirot, who is living quietly in King's Abbot, agrees to investigate, the case takes a completely different turn. Poirot exonerates all of the original suspects, and lays out a completely reasoned case that the clever and devious murderer is someone who had not come under suspicion at all - someone whose motive has nothing to do with money. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: - [Five Classic Murder Mysteries](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL471533W) - [Masterpieces of Murder](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL471974W) - [More Stories to Remember: Volume II](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15146874W) - [The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / The Mystery of the Blue Train / Dumb Witness / Death on the Nile](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20909872W) - [Murders to die for](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL27311029W) - [Novels](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24535152W) - [Novels](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26432485W) - [Works](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17307260W/Works) [1]: https://www.agathachristie.com/stories/the-murder-of-roger-ackroyd Roger Ackroyd se confie un soir à son vieil ami le Dr Sheppard. Il était sur le point d'épouser une jeune et richissime veuve quand celle-ci a mis fin à ses jours pour échapper à un affreux chantage. Dans sa dernière lettre elle lui livre un secret terrible : un an plus tôt, elle a assassiné son mari !