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| Agatha Christie and Roger Ackroyd: The Ultimate Murder Game (17 Sept 2026) |
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THIS EVENT IS PART OF THE AGATHA CHRISTIE FESTIVAL
Opening our Roger Ackroyd Day is, fittingly, renowned and respected Christie expert, Dr John Curran.
If Agatha Christie had never written another word after The Murder of Roger Ackroyd she would still be remembered and admired today. John Curran discusses her masterpiece and shows how she achieved her shattering final chapter surprise - without cheating.
Please note that this talk will include SPOILERS!
Dr John Curran is the author of Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks (2009) and Agatha Christie's Murder in the Making (2011), both later collected as Agatha Christie's Complete Secret Notebooks (2016). He wrote the official history of Collins Crime Club, The Hooded Gunman in 2019 and last year published The Murder Game: Play, Puzzles and the Golden Age.
ecrets from Her Notebooks. His latest book The Murder Game: Play, Puzzles and Detective Fiction will be published in Autumn 2025.
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