Sheppard leaves, but gets a call the same night and returns to the house. He has a letter from her, but doesn’t open it. She was being blackmailed about her suspected involvement in the death of her first husband. Ackroyd was engaged to Mrs Ferrars and confides to Sheppard that he has reason to believe she took her own life. In the evening he attends a dinner party at the home of a wealthy neighbour, Roger Ackroyd. His sister Caroline is an incorrigible gossip, which fills him with affectionate exasperation, even as learns from her information and insights. A new neighbour has arrived in the community, a Mr Porrot, who has retired to grow vegetable marrows. A patient, Mrs Ferrars, has died after overdosing on pills. In The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the story begins gently enough with the musings of Dr James Sheppard.
I don’t normally do spoiler reviews but The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, first published in 1926, is most famous for its ending and I wanted the opportunity to think about and discuss it. If you don’t want to know how this book ends, look away now …
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