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Dead Man's Folly
by Agatha Christie
Famed detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to a lavish estate in Devon by his friend, the eccentric crime novelist Ariadne Oliver. She has been commissioned to design a 'Murder Hunt' for a local fête, but a disturbing intuition tells her that someone is planning to turn her fictional game into a real-life killing. As Poirot navigates the beautiful grounds of Nasse House, he must identify a hidden threat among a cast of suspicious guests and local residents before the staged crime becomes a lethal reality.
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- File size
- 2.0 MB
- Published
- 11/22/1956
- ISBN
- 9780061744631
- Formats
- EPUB
Famed detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to a lavish estate in Devon by his friend, the eccentric crime novelist Ariadne Oliver. She has been commissioned to design a 'Murder Hunt' for a local fête, but a disturbing intuition tells her that someone is planning to turn her fictional game into a real-life killing. As Poirot navigates the beautiful grounds of Nasse House, he must identify a hidden threat among a cast of suspicious guests and local residents before the staged crime becomes a lethal reality.
What you'll take away
- Experience a meta-fictional mystery where a simulated crime game masks a genuine murder plot.
- Follow Hercule Poirot as he uses logic to validate Ariadne Oliver's 'woman’s intuition'.
- Explore the social dynamics of a mid-century English estate filled with secrets and class tensions.
- Learn how subtle manipulations in a story can signal a perpetrator's true intent.
- Witness the return of fan-favorite Ariadne Oliver in one of her most memorable collaborations with Poirot.
