I must tell you about my favourite book whose end surprised mea lot. “The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd” is a detective story,
written in 1926 by Agatha Christie. I think it’s one of best known and most controversial novels which was written by this writer.
The book is set in a fictional village of King's Abbott in England, and a detective is Hercules Poirot. It is narrated by Dr. James Sheppard, who becomes Poirot's assistant. The story begins with the death of Mrs.
Ferrars. Her death is initially believed to be a suicide until Roger
Ackroyd, a widower who had been expected to marry Mrs. Ferrars, is found murdered. The initial suspect is Ralph who expects the fortune after the stepfather but on end of the novel we find out that a murderer was the least probable person.
I think that the story for the style and the conduct of the action is excellent. The author perfectly created each character, granting to them many human defects.
The book is well-known for the break of detective-novel’s canons. Some readers after reading ask themselves the question, whether in this type of novels we can accept anything for the certainty. In my opinion the break of the criminal novel's rules is the main this defect of this novel.
If however stiff rules aren’t important for you, and you want to be surprised and shocked, you really must read it