Christie was “not only an expert technician and a remarkably good storyteller” but had also deftly provided just enough hints of murderer’s identity for the reader to work out the solution. The New York Times Book Review, for instance, felt that the novel “cannot be too highly praised” and there were few other detective novels that provided “greater analytical stimulation”.
Not only that, but many have singled out its deductive steps for special commendation. In fact, critics have always been very complimentary about the novel’s plot, form and structure. There are suggestions that there was a backlash against Christie when the book was first published, with people angry with her for so comprehensively pulling the rug out from under them. It suggests that readers and critics alike felt cheated by the book’s magnificent central twist. There’s a persistent myth that surrounds Agatha Christie’s shocking, genre-bending 1926 novel, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. The feature also contains spoilers for Death in the Clouds and Death on the Nile. Spoiler alert: this feature reveals major details about the outcomes of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the Orient Express and Three Act Tragedy. This piece was written by Shedunnit creator Caroline Crampton
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