Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christies most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era. Poirots name was derived from two other fictional detectives ...
The doctor narrates the story in Christies The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. He has been the village doctor in Kings Abbot for years.more...
The sister of Dr. Sheppard. They get along well and share a house. She is the go-to person for gossip in Kings Abbot.more...
He sees himself as the country squire of Kings Abbot. His home is called Fernly Park. more...
She is Rogers niece; she reaches out to Poirot for help in the investigation of her uncles death. Like many others, she is having financial problems.more...
She is the widow of Rogers brother Cecil. She and her daughter Flora live at Fernly Park. Both are financially dependent on Roger.more...
Major Blunt is known as a big game hunter; he is a friend of Roger Ackroyd and just seems to be around Fernly Park a lot!...
He is Rogers "stepson" through his previously deceased wife. He is engaged to Flora.more...
The secretary to Roger Ackroyd. He may have debts too, like many others in this story!...
John Parker is Roger Ackroyds butler.more...
The housekeeper at Fernly Park....