Characters
- Hercule Poirot – retired detective who investigates the central murder
- Roger Ackroyd – country gentleman, distressed about the recent death of his paramour, Mrs. Ferrars
- Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd – Mr. Ackroyd's sister-in-law
- Flora Ackroyd – Mr. Ackroyd's niece and Mrs. Cecil Ackroyd's daughter
- Ralph Paton – Mr. Ackroyd's stepson, often referred to as his "adopted" son
- Ursula Bourne – Mr. Ackroyd's parlourmaid, recently quit
- Major Hector Blunt – big game hunter, Roger Ackroyd's friend and houseguest
- Geoffrey Raymond – Mr. Ackroyd's secretary
- John Parker – Mr. Ackroyd's butler
- Elizabeth Russell – Mr. Ackroyd's housekeeper
- Charles Kent – Elizabeth Russell's son and drug addict
- Dr. James Sheppard – the doctor, Poirot's assistant (and the story's narrator)
- Caroline Sheppard – Dr. Sheppard's spinster sister
- Mrs. Ferrars – who poisons herself at the very beginning of the book
- Ashley Ferrars – late husband of Mrs. Ferrars, who was poisoned by his wife
- Inspector Raglan
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