The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the unrivaled queen of detective fiction, who revolutionized the crime genre, the permanent president of the English Detective Club, and a lady who was awarded a noble title for her literary exploits. "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" is a novel that ranks third in the world ranking of Agatha Christie's detective novels after "Ten Little Indians" and "Murder on the Orient Express". It was recognized as the best detective novel of all time according to the Crime Writers' Association in 2013. Before Christie, no one could have thought of using such an original plot device, distracting attention and diverting suspicion from the real criminal. Lady Agatha cleverly led the reader around by the nose! The novel was filmed under the title "Alibi" in Great Britain in 1931, in Russia it was released under the title "Poirot's Failure", directed by Sergei Ursulyak, 2002.