Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #31) (Ariadne Oliver, #4)

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Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #31) (Hercule Poirot #31)

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Sir George and Lady Stubbs are giving a garden party with a difference. Ariadne Oliver, the mystery author is organizing a Murder Hunt game. She fears real danger, and phones Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, whose magnificent mustaches droop for six weeks after murder and disappearance foil police.

But "it is never finished with a murderer .. I, Hercule Poirot, do not giv...more

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Sep 25, 2012 Abbey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, myst-cosies, myst-pi, series, vintage, myst-fems-project, myst-set-andor-auth-uk

Convoluted tale of murder and mistaken identities at a magnificent mansion during a fete, filled with peculiar characters and interesting twists. A Girl Guide gets herself murdered in a boathouse where she’s supposed to be *pretending* to be a dead body for a peculiar game that starts out being partly “solve the mystery” and part treasure hunt, but soon escalates to something far more deadly.

Sharp characterizations and florid plotting make this fun even though it’s not one of her best - it’s ra...more

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Jul 14, 2012 Ali rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Dead Man’s Folly I think I have read twice before – and have seen a TV adaptation too – so maybe it was no real surprise that I began to remember things after about 60 pages. It all remained very muddled in my head though and so I had to read on to see what I had remembered correctly.
In Dead Man’s Folly, Hercule Poirot is summoned to Devon by Ariadne Oliver – a character of Agatha Christie’s that is quite obviously a thinly disguised self-portrait. I’ve always really rather liked Ariadne Oliver...more Dead Man’s Folly I think I have read twice before – and have seen a TV adaptation too – so maybe it was no real surprise that I began to remember things after about 60 pages. It all remained very muddled in my head though and so I had to read on to see what I had remembered correctly.
In Dead Man’s Folly, Hercule Poirot is summoned to Devon by Ariadne Oliver – a character of Agatha Christie’s that is quite obviously a thinly disguised self-portrait. I’ve always really rather liked Ariadne Oliver, she is an eccentric, and like Poirot, something of a stereotype – still Agatha Christie novels are not the kind of novels to take too seriously. Ariadne Oliver is involved in the preparations of a fete in the grounds of Nasse House – as part of the preparations Ariadne is designing a muder hunt – like a treasure hunt with clues hidden around the grounds. Ariadne tells everyone at Nasse House that Poirot is there to present the prize however her real motive in getting Poirot to Devon is because she is convinced that “something is wrong” There are the usual collection of Christie types scattered around Nasse house and the immediate surroundings, a young married couple, a cynical young architect, the former owner of Nasse house living in the lodge, Sir George Stubbs the wealthy new owner and his much younger wife, who is apparently rather suggestible and the bitter secretary come housekeeper. The day following Poirot’s arrival the Fete gets underway – a local girl guide is to play the part of the body in Mrs Oliver’s murder hunt – only Ariadne’s belief that something was wrong proves all too accurate when she and Poirot find the poor girl dead in the boathouse. Within a couple of hours it is also obvious that the beautiful Hattie Stubbs is missing.
One of the criticisms often levelled against Agatha Christie – is that she cheats. Well – yes she does – in that Fred Bloggs will later turn out to be Joe Brown who disappeared down the Amazon seventeen years earlier and hasn’t been heard of since. Some people don’t like the fact that the reader therefore doesn’t have all the information – and so can’t solve the mystery themselves. That has never bothered me. The reader can make a shrewd guess to the who without knowing the why and how after all. I think I always prefer to have everything revealed to me at the end anyway, and so I don’t try to work it out – that’s the job of the detective. This was perfect easy reading for me – as I never tire of dear old Poirot. (less)

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May 25, 2010 Laurel rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I'm going to have to discuss spoilers of not only this book but several others in order to review it, so be forewarned! I enjoyed Dead Man's Folly whilst reading it but felt afterwards that there were too many elements Dame Agatha used better elsewhere, despite it being from arguably the strongest part of her long career. I don't mind that she reuses certain concepts because she does it cleverly--looking at an idea from all angles and showing many possibilities. So it is never a criticism to say...more I'm going to have to discuss spoilers of not only this book but several others in order to review it, so be forewarned! I enjoyed Dead Man's Folly whilst reading it but felt afterwards that there were too many elements Dame Agatha used better elsewhere, despite it being from arguably the strongest part of her long career. I don't mind that she reuses certain concepts because she does it cleverly--looking at an idea from all angles and showing many possibilities. So it is never a criticism to say that she did something (say, used a certain type of red herring) in another novel. However, it does invite comparisons when you've read or are reading her entire canon.

I felt that the use of the Folly was good but not as good as in Nemesis many years later. I love Nemesis and think it's undervalued by critics because it was late in her career and repeated certain elements like this one. However, Nemesis does a far better job than Folly of building atmosphere and having emotional impact in the reveal that there's a body buried under the random architectural element in the garden! There is something so creepy about Nemesis anyway, and the motive for the murder was truly unusual and thought-provoking. In Folly, the motive is of the most garden variety: spouse murders for money.

Also, I felt Dame Agatha didn't play quite as fair as usual here. I don't see that one could possibly deduce the ending. I was on the right track--I knew Hattie was pretending to be dumber than she was, that she was disguised as a student from the Hostel when she "disappeared" (why else the dramatic hats and clothes she wore if not a disguise?), and that the comment about a Folliat at Nasse House was important. I thought Hattie was probably Mrs. Folliat's daughter and her marriage was engineered to keep the manor in the family, and I still think that makes more sense than the dead son NOT being dead and also secretly a homicideal bigamist (with no clues to let us know any of that!). I also think it's too weak a clue for the cousin, De Sousa, to be rich--he's a very distant relative; why should his having money tell us that Hattie does as well? No reason why her branch of the family shouldn't have come down in the world as we are told they did. No, I just don't think we have enough to go on to get at the truth.

However, all is not bad. Poirot is delightfully in character, with a special emphasis on his sweet tooth, and I adore Mrs. Ariadne Oliver--Agatha's fictionalized version of herself. The Murder Hunt is a great idea and I believe was in fact inspired by Cluedo (Clue to us Americans), the then-new board game. That's a fantastic, fun idea! And I think I also recall that Nasse House was based on Christie's own home, Greenways, although I'd have to check. At any rate, the sense of place is very strong.

Yes, there are good elements here but it's a mixed bag.(less)

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May 07, 2010 Annie90 rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

5) If I have to to put this story into my own life, this story's setting have to change at the time area, the law about inheritance, no one in this story is house owner and maid. All of them are family members and friends. All of them gathered to have a special event and have a detective game. It needs to be changed because in this time area has many different things that changed completely. People in this time area liked something that charming and not common. So, it makes the background not f...more

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Feb 13, 2010 Yngvild rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Dead Man’s Folly is one of Agatha Christie’s jolliest stories, evidently one she had fun writing. It is set in a country fête held in the grounds of a large country house, so the cast of characters includes the whole span of village life from “Sir George”, through foreign hikers from the next-door hostel, to the locals being obligingly colourful. “Du ee want the ferry, sir?” There is, fortunately, a list of characters at the front of the book in case you get lost.

Christie fans will spot many of...more

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Sep 27, 2009 Samantha rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Dead Man's Folly is another mystery featuring the infamous Hercule Poirot but what makes this book different is that a murder has not been committed...yet. Adriane Oliver, the crime novelist, has been asked to help create a murder mystery game and calls Poirot to come assist her as she believes that a real crime is about to be committed. She gives Poirot little to go on though as all of her suspicions are based on a "feeling" that something is off. And then a murder does happen and of course Poi...more

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Aug 03, 2012 Michele rated it 4 of 5 stars

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A história começa com uma ligação. Hercule Poirot, o detetive belga, é chamado pela famosa escritora Ariadne Oliver, para fazer uma viagem até a cidade de Nassecombe.
O motivo da visita de Hercule Poirot é que na Nasse House está sendo organizada uma quermesse, e uma caça ao tesouro - ou melhor, ao assassino/vítima/motivo. Sua missão é entregar as prendas aos vitoriosos.
Ariadne foi requisitada para montar esse caça ao tesouro, e tem fortes suspeitas de que a vítima realmente será assassinada, poi...more

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Oct 16, 2012 Debbie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The ‘folly’ of the title is actually an architectural term defined as “an eccentric, generally non-functional structure erected to enhance a romantic landscape.” Of course, the play on words using the more commonly understood meaning of the word is intentional. In this classic Christie, Adriadne Oliver arranges a mock Murder Hunt for charity and calls in her friend Hercule Poirot when a real body is discovered. Although this was published in 1956, it has the feel of one of Christie’s slightly ol...more

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Dec 02, 2012 Lynn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

SPOILER ALERT!

I returned to Agatha Christie, having not read her for about 30 years. It was a book club choice by a member who has recently visited Agatha's Devon country home, Greenway, where much of the action takes place.

I like the idea of a story within a story, ie, the Murder Hunt at a country fete, where an actual murder takes place in the same style as in the clues of the Murder Hunt, HOWEVER, the identity of the murderer was revealed right at the very beginning of the book, when the devi...more

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Jan 03, 2013 Christine rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Famous author Adriane Oliver is creating a murder mystery weekend at a remote country house. She has a feeling that something ominous is about to happen so she calls in the assistance of her friend, Hercule Poirot. Poirot isn't sure why he has been summoned and isn't thrilled to partake in the festivities. However, when the local girl who was acting the part of the victim is actually murdered and the lady of the house goes missing, Poirot is on the case.

'Dead Man's Folly' had a good cast of char...more

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Aug 02, 2012 Anne Toronto1 rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense

"Dead Man's Folly" by Agatha Christie is an architectural frivolity, built by new owner Sir (by name, not title p47) George Stubbs, in a seemingly purposeless location(view spoiler). Hercule Poirot "magnificently mustachioed Belgian detective summoned to Devon" (cast list preface pg) by friend mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, suspicious that the manor summer fête clue hunt game will come true. Marlene Tucker, sniffling Girl Guide, is strang...more "Dead Man's Folly" by Agatha Christie is an architectural frivolity, built by new owner Sir (by name, not title p47) George Stubbs, in a seemingly purposeless location(view spoiler). Hercule Poirot "magnificently mustachioed Belgian detective summoned to Devon" (cast list preface pg) by friend mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, suspicious that the manor summer fête clue hunt game will come true. Marlene Tucker, sniffling Girl Guide, is strangled for real in the boat house, and decorative Lady Hattie vanishes after fearfully warning that her soon-to-arrive distant cousin Etienne de Sousa "kills people".

Some describe Hattie as simple, others, Weyman and Brewis see her "very much all there. Nobody more so" p99; everyone agrees the Stubbs are deeply in love. Travellers from the next-door Youth Hostel, trespass constantly; two foreign girls ride down in the car with Poirot and repeatedly pop up. (view spoiler) Hints are hidden behind remarks, inconclusive observations, red herrings - Peggy was not in the tea tent as claimed, and dropped her gold bracelet charm in the boathouse p122. The comic book with "look in the haversack" clue was not beside the body.

Humor is embedded. Mrs Oliver sinks "down in the chair in front of him like a purple blancmange" pudding, adds "I feel AWFUL" in "clearly capital letters" p73. Her imaginative solutions boggle the policemen. "Women tell a lot of lies" says the Inspector "sententiously". "Aah" responds the Constable "appreciatively" p95. Poirot knows gallant behavior to wives, flowers and compliments, but uncharacteristically describes bachelorhood as "terrible all that I have missed in life" p124, and pointedly reunites the Legges p169, perhaps optimism for the wedded state from Christie herself.

Inspector Bland and Constable Hoskins investigate without result. But "it is never finished with a murderer .. I, Hercule Poirot, do not give up" p152, "I am always right" p169, and six weeks later, he visits the woman who knows more than she admits. Aristocratic former owner Mrs Folliat lost husband and sons in wars "It's a very wicked world" p37. Drowned deliberately, ferryman Mr Merdell 90s was grandfather to snooping Marlene. (view spoiler)

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Feb 08, 2013 Lisa Kay rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Greenway Boathouse, bought by Ms. Christie for £6,000 in 1932, was the setting for a murder in Dead Man's Folly.

★★★★☆ (This is a review of the audiobook.) What can I say about a talented actor such as David Suchet narrating a classic Agatha Christie mystery? The same actor who has not only won awards for his audiobook narrations, but actually played Dame Christie’s iconic fictional Belgian detective, Poirot? Only that he kicks this one up a notch - or a star, anyway.

If you haven’t listened to...more

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Jan 04, 2011 Natnat rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed

Andai saya jadi orang-orang Inggris, saya akan menyingkirkan Hercule Poirot selamanya, soalnya setiap dia datang, pembunuhan terjadi. Nggak cuma satu, tapi TIGA sekaligus! Hihihi… itu yang ada di pikiran saya selama ini. Tapi berhubung saya penikmat aksi Poirot, jadi tentu saja saya justru “berharap” (eh?!) pembunuhannya spektakuler. Semakin membingungkan kasusnya, semakin keren penyelesaiannya.

Coba bayangkan, Permainan Pelacakan Pembunuhan + Hercule Poirot! Premis ini menjanjikan, bukan? Dan te...more

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Dec 16, 2011 Bigyellowtaxi1 rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jul 31, 2011 Mike Jensen rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Carp for Christmas, the marketing line should have been. My criticism has been vulnerable. People tell me that I can’t judge Christie’s work without reading all the way to the end. Is it possible that the bland style, mannerisms masquerading for characters, and improbable stories suddenly become good just because Christie contrives to make her sleuth figure everything out and explain it in a long monologue near the end of her books?

Well I forced myself to finish this crappy book so nobody will e...more

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Sep 30, 2012 Judy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Sir George and Lady Stubbs are hosting a country fete at Nasse House in Devon and decide to include a murder mystery with the plot and clues to be provided by Ariadne Oliver, a well-known mystery writer and a thinly veiled self-portrait of Christie herself. After spending weeks with Sir George and Lady Stubbs planning the execution of the mystery, Oliver begins to feel that something is about to happen so she calls her friend, Hercule Poirot, to come to Nasse House both to present the prize to t...more

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Apr 24, 2011 Kirsty Darbyshire rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paperback

I'm always surprised by how few of Christie's novels I've read. I feel like I've read far more than I have. I picked this up on a visit to Greenway - Agatha Christie's holiday home in Devon where the book is set. I enjoyed reading it - it's all vaguely familiar but I don't think I have read it before. I was especially pleased that the setting isn't at all vague - Nasse House in the book seems to be a pretty accurate record of the Greenway estate, house, gardens and neighbours such as the youth h...more

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Apr 21, 2013 Hermioneginny rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Trentunesima indagine di Poirot.
La scrittrice Ariadne Oliver chiede aiuto al suo vecchio amico Poirot: è stata assunta per scrivere la trama di una Caccia all'assassino, ma qualcosa nella tenuta dove si trova ospite la turba. Ma quando la vittima fittizia diviene davvero vittima, anche Poirot avrà difficoltà a dipanare la trama...

Carinissimo. Sarà che nei campi estivi c'era sempre il "giallo" da risolvere (con i nomi di noi ragazzi come protagonisti), sarà che per una volta Poirot si trova nei p...more

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Dec 02, 2012 Rosario (http://rosario.blogspot.com/) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver is worried. She's been engaged to plot a "murder hunt" for the Nass house fête, coming up with a plot and clues the participants must follow to find a body and discover who the killer was. She's got it all plotted out, but she feels something is off, something she can't quite put her finger on. Clearly, the only thing she can do is call in her friend, Hercule Poirot.

By dint of mysterious hints and direct orders, she gets Poirot in, supposedly to hand out the prize...more Mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver is worried. She's been engaged to plot a "murder hunt" for the Nass house fête, coming up with a plot and clues the participants must follow to find a body and discover who the killer was. She's got it all plotted out, but she feels something is off, something she can't quite put her finger on. Clearly, the only thing she can do is call in her friend, Hercule Poirot.

By dint of mysterious hints and direct orders, she gets Poirot in, supposedly to hand out the prizes. And it turns out that Mrs. Oliver was right to be worried, because when they go during the fête to check on the young girl who's volunteered to play the part of of the victim, they find that the dead body really is a dead body. Not to mention, the lady of the house has disappeared.

This was definitely not Christie's best. I liked the premise and the first half or so of the book, and the mystery and characters did hold my attention, but there were flaws. The solution was ingenious, but it came out of left field a bit. Usually whatever happened kind of fits with the way Christie has build the characters, and felt natural, but that wasn't the case here, and the whole thing felt rather contrived. It simply stretched credulity. I also found it disappointing that the whole premise of the murder hunt, which I thought was really cool, becomes completely irrelevant as the book goes on. As does Mrs. Oliver, actually, who is by far the most interesting, engaging character in the sections she's in.

There's also the fact that this is very much a book of its time. I almost always enjoy that about Christie's books, and appreciate the glimpse of a world long gone. However, this is a world with some very ugly attitudes. Sometimes I can easily let that slide completely and enjoy the book as what it is, and as simply reflecting the attitudes people would have had at the time. Sometimes it's harder, though, and this was one of those. The xenophobia is painful to read, as is the way everyone is constantly and cavalierly commenting on whether a particular character is simple / subnormal / dimwitted. I found that really shocking. And it was just as shocking to read the section where, when discussing whether the crime could have been committed by one of those newfangled "sex maniacs", the policemen dismiss the possibility, because the victim had been rather plain. Christie tends to have the worst prejudiced views voiced by unsympathetic characters, indicating these are not views she, herself, holds, but I still kept flinching as I read, and that wasn't fun.

MY GRADE: A C+.

AUDIOBOOK NOTES: The version I listened to was narrated by David Suchet. Suchet is a very good Poirot on the TV series, so I was thought I was in for a treat when I saw his name on the box. Unfortunately, my hopes were dashed. He did ok in the non-dialogue bits, but the dialogue was excrutiating. He hammed it up to a point where I wanted to scream. He basically made every single character, even Poirot, sound preposterous and ridiculous. I think what annoyed me the most was that he went far beyond what the text revealed about the characters who were speaking, inserting way too much of his interpretation into his reading.

I'm a bit worried, since a lot of the Poirot audiobooks my library holds are narrated by Suchet, but Abbey here on Goodreads mentioned this was one of his earlier ones, and implied he did go on to get more comfortable with the format. So I guess I'll try another one and see. Otherwise, I guess I'll devote myself to Miss Marple for a while!(less)

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Nov 16, 2012 Carol rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-book

This was an easy book to listen to. Author Ariadne Oliver helps set up a fete in which she has developed a skit which includes finding someone murdered in the boathouse. There are lots of plot twists and all is not what it appears. Hercule Poirot has been invited to attend by Mrs. Oliver who felt that something was not quite right. Well guess what, a real dead body was found in the boathouse where the fake dead body was supposed to be, and the mistress of the house, Hattie Stubbs, goes missing o...more

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Jun 26, 2011 Barb rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Dead Man's Folly does not make my list of top 10 favorite Agatha Christie mysteries. The victim, to me is inconsequential and I simply didn't care whether she was throttled or not. The characters (suspects) are not as developed as in some of her other books like Death on the Nile and the ending, albeit satisfactory is abrupt. However, it is still a Christie mystery and it has twists and turns that will entertain most mystery-lovers. The clues are there for the sharp reader to pick up and sort, a...more

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Jan 16, 2009 Atishay rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Incredibly riveting and engrossing Hercule Poirot story from the Queen of fiction herself !
When a leading crime fiction novelist is called to arrange a Murder Hunt, she starts getting the feeling that an actual murder is about to happen. So, she calls her old acquaintance Poirot, just in case something bad happens. Eventually when it does happen, right under their own noses, the plot tightens and Poirot starts investigating.
As arresting as all the rest of the Poirot novels I've read, this one...more

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Aug 07, 2009 Mazel rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: policier

Tout a été prévu dans les moindres détails.

Oh ! bien sûr, le choix des protagonistes n'a rien de follement original.

On n'échappera ni à la somptueuse idiote aux décolletés vertigineux ni au maître d'hôtel sinistre et compassé.

Mais après tout, les vieilles recettes ont fait leurs preuves.

Munis d'un premier élément de solution, les concurrents devront se débrouiller pour trouver victime, arme du crime, assassin et mobile.

Et le gagnant se verra remettre un prix des mains mêmes de l'illustre He...more

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May 09, 2013 Christy Johnson rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

I love Agatha Christie. I just love her works! I enjoy being able to piece together parts of the story and watch the intrigue grow. And I adore Poirot.

Despite that this story fell flat. So far it is the only Agatha Christie novel I haven't been impressed with or really enjoyed. THe ending was pulled out of nowhere and there was very little foreshadowing for it. There was no possible way to have guessed the ending. This was too bad because the beginning story and set up was great. It was a huge...more

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Dec 31, 2011 Jann Barber rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another clever entry for Dame Agatha!

Ariadne Oliver, writer of mysteries, manages to convince Hercule Poirot to join her at Nasse House, where she has been hired to create a murder mystery as part of a fete. Ariadne has a feeling that something is not right.

As always, there is an interesting cast of characters, red herrings for the reader, and Hercule Poirot's little gray cells churning along to make sense of the confusion.

Miss Lemon makes a brief appearance in the beginning of the book. Hasting...more

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Oct 11, 2010 Lisa-susan added it · review of another edition

I am rather fond of Adriane Oliver and like all the Hercule Poirot's that partially star her. This plot actually had obvious flaws, but I still enjoyed it.

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Aug 11, 2011 Lisa Rathbun added it · review of another edition

I liked the idea of the murder mystery game that goes dreadfully wrong, but I was overall disappointed in this book. It seemed to take forever to get to solving the mystery, and once we got there, the resolution happened too quickly and wasn't even fully explained. **SPOILER** At what point what the real lady done away with? Was it the real lady or the imposter buried under the folly? If the latter, where was the real woman? The capture of the criminal and the discovery of the body were complete...more

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Jun 16, 2011 Laura rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library-sale, detective-fiction

Dislike. I found the explanation TOO outlandish to be considered convincing.

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Feb 12, 2013 Ali Sallam rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Obviously

من اروع ماكتبت اجاثا كريستي

الروايه صدرت باسم : مبنى الرجل الميت
أو : بيت الرجل الميت

تكاد تشهق وتصرخ وتنتفض أثناء القرءة ...

How Could U make us feel like that ???

مختصر الروايه :

يقيم السير جورج وزوجته ستبس احتفالا بقريتهما .. فيخطر ببالهما فكره وهي تمثيل جريمة قتل
واجراء مسابقه للبحث عن الجاني
هل ستتحول التمثيليه لحقيقه ؟!!

كانت المرشده سالي ليج ستقوم بدور القتيله ولكن الان يريدونها ان تقوم بدور العرافه !
اخذت منها مارلين هذا الدور لكنها فتاة بكماء
من هنا تبدأ الاحداث بالتشابك .. وتضعف الحِيَ...more

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Jul 23, 2012 Dagny rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-series

Dead Man's Folly is one of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot mysteries. It also features Ariadne Oliver and a Murder Hunt. As the story opens, Miss Lemon, Poirot's super-efficient secretary, has answered the telephone. It is Mrs. Oliver calling from Devonshire. She tells M. Poirot that she needs his assistance immediately. When he queries her, she says she can't go into details as the telephone is not private. She informs him that a car will meet him at the station and rings off without another c...more

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“I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to think of something, and then when you've thought of it you've got to force yourself to sit down and write it. That's all." ~ Mrs. Oliver” — 6 people liked it

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