In the quiet village of Kings Abbot a widows suicide has stirred suspicion - and dreadful gossip There are rumors she murdered her first husband rumors she was being blackmailed and rumors that her secret lover was Roger Ackroyd Then Ackroyd is found murdered - and all the members of the household stand to gain from his death Hercule Poirot who has retired to Kings Abbot is reluctantly drawn into finding a clever and devious killer
