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Agatha Christie

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

£55

Illustrated By Owen Gent

Secrets, scandal and one of the most iconic twists in crime fiction. Illustrated by Owen Gent, this 100th anniversary edition of Agatha Christie’s classic invites you to enjoy, and then question, every clue alongside Hercule Poirot.

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

£55
Book Details
 
Production DetailsThree-quarter bound in blocked cloth with a printed and blocked textured paper front cover
Dimensions9 inches × 5¾ inches (22.9 × 14.6 cm)
FontTypeset in Bell with Kabel as display
Pages264
AuthorAgatha Christie
Illustrated ByOwen Gent
IllustrationFrontispiece and 5 full-colour illustrations
Publication Date05/05/2026
PrintingFirst Printing
Editor's Notes
 
Proclaimed by the Crime Writers' Association as 'the finest example of the genre ever penned', The Murder of Roger Ackroyd contains one of the most celebrated twists in crime fiction and is consistently voted among Agatha Christie's best novels. It is, famously, the Poirot novel that demands to be read twice: the curious reader cannot resist re-examining what they thought they knew. Laura Thompson, Christie's biographer, described it as 'masterly: deceptive in every way', and it remains a rare treat for those who savour the challenge of a whodunnit, yet love to be taken in by a master of her craft.
Synopsis
 
When Roger Ackroyd is discovered stabbed in his study, the sleepy village of King's Abbot finds itself at the heart of a scandal – one involving blackmail, a suspicious suicide and a secret worth killing for. Fortunately, Hercule Poirot resides nearby in semi-retirement, devoting himself to marrows and mysteries with equal flair.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is Christie at her very best – a tightly plotted tale of secrets and suspicion, in which every character has something to hide and nothing is quite as it seems. With Monsieur Poirot on the case, the truth cannot remain hidden for long.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Owen Gent

Owen Gent is an award-winning illustrator and artist living and working in Bristol in the South West of England. Owen's work can be found in newspapers and magazines such as The New Yorker and The Washington Post, on the cover of books by Bill Bryson, Thomas Hardy and Ian McEwan, on posters for major film releases and in his own illustrated and authored children's books. Both traditional painting and digital techniques combine in Owen's work to create an organic yet contemporary approach to storytelling, which is an integral part to everything that he does. Owen is the winner of a World Illustration Award and has received accolades from 3x3, D&AD, and the V&A amongst others. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926; Folio 2019, 2026) is Owen's first book for The Folio Society which has been a dream client of his since graduating from Falmouth University in Cornwall in 2013.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Owen Gent

Owen Gent is an award-winning illustrator and artist living and working in Bristol in the South West of England. Owen's work can be found in newspapers and magazines such as The New Yorker and The Washington Post, on the cover of books by Bill Bryson, Thomas Hardy and Ian McEwan, on posters for major film releases and in his own illustrated and authored children's books. Both traditional painting and digital techniques combine in Owen's work to create an organic yet contemporary approach to storytelling, which is an integral part to everything that he does. Owen is the winner of a World Illustration Award and has received accolades from 3x3, D&AD, and the V&A amongst others. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926; Folio 2019, 2026) is Owen's first book for The Folio Society which has been a dream client of his since graduating from Falmouth University in Cornwall in 2013.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Owen Gent

Owen Gent is an award-winning illustrator and artist living and working in Bristol in the South West of England. Owen's work can be found in newspapers and magazines such as The New Yorker and The Washington Post, on the cover of books by Bill Bryson, Thomas Hardy and Ian McEwan, on posters for major film releases and in his own illustrated and authored children's books. Both traditional painting and digital techniques combine in Owen's work to create an organic yet contemporary approach to storytelling, which is an integral part to everything that he does. Owen is the winner of a World Illustration Award and has received accolades from 3x3, D&AD, and the V&A amongst others. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926; Folio 2019, 2026) is Owen's first book for The Folio Society which has been a dream client of his since graduating from Falmouth University in Cornwall in 2013.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Owen Gent

Owen Gent is an award-winning illustrator and artist living and working in Bristol in the South West of England. Owen's work can be found in newspapers and magazines such as The New Yorker and The Washington Post, on the cover of books by Bill Bryson, Thomas Hardy and Ian McEwan, on posters for major film releases and in his own illustrated and authored children's books. Both traditional painting and digital techniques combine in Owen's work to create an organic yet contemporary approach to storytelling, which is an integral part to everything that he does. Owen is the winner of a World Illustration Award and has received accolades from 3x3, D&AD, and the V&A amongst others. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926; Folio 2019, 2026) is Owen's first book for The Folio Society which has been a dream client of his since graduating from Falmouth University in Cornwall in 2013.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Owen Gent

Owen Gent is an award-winning illustrator and artist living and working in Bristol in the South West of England. Owen's work can be found in newspapers and magazines such as The New Yorker and The Washington Post, on the cover of books by Bill Bryson, Thomas Hardy and Ian McEwan, on posters for major film releases and in his own illustrated and authored children's books. Both traditional painting and digital techniques combine in Owen's work to create an organic yet contemporary approach to storytelling, which is an integral part to everything that he does. Owen is the winner of a World Illustration Award and has received accolades from 3x3, D&AD, and the V&A amongst others. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926; Folio 2019, 2026) is Owen's first book for The Folio Society which has been a dream client of his since graduating from Falmouth University in Cornwall in 2013.

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About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and is the author of over 80 works, including detective novels and short stories, 19 plays, and six novels published under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published in 1920 (Folio 2014) and introduced the world to Hercule Poirot, who would become one of the most popular fictional detectives since Sherlock Holmes (as would another of Christie’s sleuths, the amateur detective Miss Marple). In 1952 her play The Mousetrap  premiered in London’s West End and has run continuously ever since. Christie’s books have sold more than two billion copies in over 100 languages (said to be outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare), and have been adapted many times for film and television. She was made a dame in 1971 and died in Oxfordshire in 1976. In 2013, she was voted the greatest crime writer of all time by the Crime Writers’ Association.