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Whilst organizing 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.

Dead Man's Folly. A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing! Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer, agrees to organise their murder hunt. Despite weeks of meticulous planning, at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend Hercule Poirot for his expert assistance. Instinctively, she senses that something sinister is about to happen. Beware -- nobody is quite what they seem!

Ariadne Oliver and Hercule Poirot meet a corpse! "The infallibly original Agatha Christie has come up, once again, with a new and highly ingenious puzzle construction." -New York Times Agatha Christie is the author of more than 80 novels and story collections. Her books have sold well over 400,000,000 copies and have established her fame worldwide as the foremost mystery writer of our time.

Whilst organizing 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.