Even though I've read almost all of Christie's books, I still enjoy a re-read. It's fun to be beguiled again. When Poirot's dentist, Morley, dies, is it murder, or suicide over a fatal complication one of his patients had? It's a time-table story, with all the patients' comings and goings noted. One patient is a bird-brained middle-aged lady. Another is a suspicious-looking Greek. There's a finance minister, a quiet government employee, and a belligerent young man who wants to have it out because the dentist has tried to keep his secretary away from him. And an Irish dentist who's often drunk and may have killed Morley to cover his own mistakes.
A long time ago I read a space yarn about a colony which wouldn't allow classic books because they were thought to be an extinct form of entertainment. Vexed, the purveyors starting shooting partial plots to the colonists, and soon the authorities were getting questions demanding to know whether Odysseus ever made it home, whether Jane Eyre married Rochester, and WHO KILLED ROGER ACKROYD? And if it's possible that you've missed Christie's ACKROYD, find it immediately.
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