Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The; The Moving Finger

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Christie's most characteristic works set eight to ten people in a closed environment. The people are usually those associated with the British upper classes, their servants, friends, and relatives, and the setting usually a village or large country house (both of which appear in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd). Christie also used trains, boats, airplanes, and islands to provide the insular setting she needed for the investigation of crime, but she was at her best when dealing with the village crime and its attendant suspicion, fear, and gossip, as in The Moving Finger. The peace...

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