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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