By Agatha Christie
I'm enjoying Christie's novels. They are well written murder mysteries. I was aware of the controversy surrounding the ending of this novel, but it didn't bug me. When I read murder mysteries I never become emotionally attached to the outcome. It's not a competition. The author constructs the reality, builds the characters and shares the facts to mislead and misdirect. Why should I care about that? What matters is the story the author tells, and the skill used to misdirect. Christie does this well.
When Christie wrote The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, this was current, trendy literature. When I read her books, I read them being informed with the legacy she left on other authors. I see strains of Roger Ackroyd in "Knives Out" and "See How the Run."
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