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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
by Agatha Christie
3868203The Murder of Roger Ackroyd1926Agatha Christie

THE MURDER OF
ROGER ACKROYD

THE MURDER OF

ROGER ACKROYD


BY

AUTHOR OF





GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERSNEW YORK

Copyright, 1926.

By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.


Published, July, 1926
Second printing, July, 1926
Third printing, August, 1926
Fourth printing, September, 1926
Fifth printing, October, 1926
Sixth printing, October, 1926
Seventh printing, December, 1926
Eighth printing, May, 1927

To Punkie,
WHO LIKES AN ORTHODOX DETECTIVE STORY, MURDER, INQUEST, AND SUSPICION FALLING ON EVERY ONE IN TURN!

  1. CONTENTS
  2. CHAPTERPAGE
  3. I
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    1
  4. II
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    7
  5. III
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    17
  6. IV
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    31
  7. V
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    49
  8. VI
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    65
  9. VII
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    75
  10. VIII
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    92
  11. IX
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    106
  12. X
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    118
  13. XI
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    136
  14. XII
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  15. XIII
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  16. XIV
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  17. XV
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  18. XVI
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  19. XVII
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  20. XVIII
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    218
  21. XIX
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    226
  22. XX
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    238
  23. XXI
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    251
  24. XXII
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    260
  25. XXIII
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    269
  26. XXIV
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  27. XXV
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  28. XXVI
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  29. XXVII
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