Happy 100th birthday to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd! In honor of the occasion, Gnu Ventures Publishing has released our own special annotated version of Agatha Christie's famous novel. We think Christie readers will enjoy it!

We think so because we've been talking with them for the last couple years and listening to their feedback. People like and use the Agatha Annotated glossary, but it does mean having to go back and forth when there's  an unfamiliar phrase, and some of the references may go unnoticed completely.

First, we created The Mysterious Affair at Styles as an ebook because words can be highlighted and linked directly to the Agatha Annotated glossary. That makes it easy to see which words have notes, click on the glossary entry, and jump right back into the story. But a surprising number of people told us that they just don't do ebooks. 

So back to the drawing board, which resulted in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

It's a softcover print book of Agatha Christie's original story with certain words and phrases bolded. In an indented paragraph immediately below is the glossary entry from Agatha Annotated, including any accompanying illustration. If a word shows up more than once and you want a reminder, you can always flip to the indexed glossary in the back. The "closer look" essay is also included, as well as a blog post about Ackroyd that I wrote since Agatha Annotated was published.

We hope this will be an easy and fun way to experience Christie's novels and would love to hear feedback. Because of public domain law, we can only sell this version in the U.S., so we are counting on our American readers to help us out. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Annotated): The Agatha Annotated Edition is now available on Amazon, and we'll have copies at our next in-person event, too. Let us know what you think!