Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #31)
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 organize their murder hunt. Despite weeks of meticulous planning, at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend...
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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 organize 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….
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062073884 (0062073885)
ASIN: 62073885
Publish date: August 30th 2011
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Series: Hercule Poirot (#32)
I thought this book from beginning to end was classic Agatha Christie. I was happy to read it, especially since it felt like the last few books have been hit or misses for me. This one has Hercule Poirot in it from beginning to end. Called in by Adriane Oliver because of a "feeling" she has, Poirot ...
More of my favorite eggheaded Belgian detective! Love the setup for this one. Hercule Poirot's old friend, mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver, is coordinating a murder mystery party at an estate. She suspects she is being manipulated to set up the mystery for a real murder, and calls in her pal Poir...
Felt like a very quick read, but that might just be because I've been avoiding packing!Murder mystery party meets real life murder.
During a game of Murder Hunt at a fete, the supposedly fake murder victim turns out to really dead! And no one knows who the killer is and why the simple, ordinary girl is murdered. Even Hercule Poirot is defeated by the murderer at first, and he has to give up and return to London. It takes another...
Poirot nie słuchał uważnie. Patrząc z tyłu na dziewczyny, pomyślał, nie po raz pierwszy, że tak niewiele kobiet wygląda dobrze w szortach. Zdegustowany, aż zacisnął powieki. Dlaczego, och dlaczego one się oszpecają? Te czerwone uda, tak niepociągające! - (...) Mówią, że pani Ariadne Oliver jest tu...
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