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  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

  • By: Agatha Christie
  • Narrated by: Arthur Lane
  • Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Arthur Lane
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Publisher's summary

The atmosphere in King's Abbot is far from idyllic. Gossip, suicide, the death of the titular Roger Ackroyd... Hercule Poirot engages in a game with an exceptionally cunning murderer. The detective's assistant is Dr. Sheppard, the local doctor who knows the secrets of the small community very well.

The novel sparked controversy because some of its plot elements were said to contradict the canons of detective literature at that time, leading Agatha Christie to be reportedly excluded from the club of authors of detective novels.

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Great Writing. Horrible Reading

I had to stop and verify that this wasn’t read by some computer program. The narrator never changed his voice for different speakers making it hard to follow such dialogue-rich writing. And he would change name pronunciation (“Caroline” would occasionally be pronounced “Carolyn”) and wouldn’t show any sign of thought in other areas (“7:30” read as “seven point three”)

I will actively work to avoid this narrator.

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Great story. Bad narrator.

The narrator spoke with a bad monotone, so much that it detracted from understanding the text. Halfway through I finally stopped and purchased a version with a different narrator.

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