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Description edit
It's a weekend party game of mock murder, but the fun stops when someone takes the game a little too seriously. With one dead player, Hercule Poirot and hostess Ariadne Oliver are playing detective to the end.
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Characters/People edit
- Hercule Poirot: a Belgian private detective
- Ariadne Oliver: a mystery novelist, friend of Poirot, organizes a Murder Hunt at Nasse House
- Miss Lemon: Add a description of this character.
- Sir George Stubbs: a rich man with money to burn and a great love for his wife
- Lady Hattie Stubbs: a fairly brainless woman, wife of Sir George
- Marlene Tucker: a girl guide, playing the corpse in the Murder Hunt
- Etienne De Sousa: Hattie's cousin who she has not seen since she was 15
- Mrs. Masterton
- Miss Brewis: Sir George's effiecient secretary
- Mrs. Folliat: her family owned Nasse House before the money ran out and now she lives in the gatehouse lodge
- C. Hoskins
- Alec Legge
- Baldwin
- Michael Weyman: an architect
- Captain Warburton
- Peggy Legge
- Marylin
- Amanda
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
IT was Miss Lemon, Poirot's efficient secretary, who took the telephone call.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 30 of 39 in Hercule Poirot. (standard series)
Preceded by Hickory Dickory Dock, and followed by Cat Among the Pigeons.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Agatha Christie (Author)
Other Contributors:
- A.E.C. Vuerhard-Berkhout (Translator) - Dutch translation of 'Dead Man's Folly'
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Country: UK
Publication Date: October, 1956
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 216
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Country: UK
Publication Date: October, 1956
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 216
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823
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