EP 81 AUDIOBOOK: Gen Reads Agatha Christie's "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" (Chapters 9 & 10)

See Episodes 47-49 for Chapters 1-7

In the spring of 1926, a murder captured the public eye, and a book about it would go on to sell millions of copies worldwide. That book was The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the crime novel written by Agatha Christie.

Agatha Christie was born in 1890, and eventually became (and remains) the best selling novelist of all time (whaaaat?!). She wrote 66 detective novels and 14 collections of short stories, and her writings have inspired countless plays, movies, and TV shows. She defined the crime fiction genre like no other author ever has.

Today, we're going to bring you the pleasure of one of her most famous detective novels, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Fortunately for us, this novel just entered public domain, and over the next few episodes, we'll be bringing you a handful of chapters each week until we've finished the novel, and you'll have to tell us what you think.

Don't worry, we'll be back to true stories of horrible crimes very soon. And in the meantime, settle back and let yourself be transported to the 1920s to the small English village of King's Abbot. There's going to be a murder. Lights out, campers.

Sources:

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie:

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/69087/pg69087-images.html

https://www.agathachristie.com/about-christie