num_pages: 240
description: Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a feeling of dread settles on the famous crime novelist Adriane Oliver. Call it instinct, but it's a feeling she just can't explain...or get away from. In desperation she summons her old friend, Hercule Poirot -- and her instincts are soon proved correct when the 'pretend' murder victim is discovered playing the scene for real, a rope wrapped tightly around her neck.But it's the great detective who first discovers that in murder hunts, whether mock or real, everyone is playing a part.
language: English
title: Dead Man's Folly
titlecomplete: Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35)
characters: Miss Merdell, Marlene Tucker, Peggy Legge, Etienne De Sousa, Michael Weyman, Mr. Merdell, Miss Lemon, Mrs. Masterton, Mrs. Folliat, Ariadne Oliver, Lady Hattle Stubbs, Alec Legge, Captain Jim Warburton, Sir George Stubbs, Hercule Poirot
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Classics, Murder Mystery, British Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Audiobook
ratings_count: 29535
places: United Kingdom, Devon, England
series: Ariadne Oliver, Hercule Poirot
publisher: Berkley Publishing Group