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Dead Man's Folly - The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection (The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) - Community Reviews back

by Agatha Christie
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Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 9 years ago
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 ...
Reading Through The World
Reading Through The World rated it 11 years ago
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...
Wandering through fiction
Wandering through fiction rated it 11 years ago
Felt like a very quick read, but that might just be because I've been avoiding packing!Murder mystery party meets real life murder.
Michelle
Michelle rated it 11 years ago
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...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 11 years ago
winter-20102011, published-1956, mystery-thriller, play-dramatisation, fraudio Read on December 07, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** Another case for Hercule Poirot, dramatised by Michael Bakewell and directed by Enyd Williams.Poirot gets an urgent telephone call from an old friend, distinguished crime w...
Carpe Librum
Carpe Librum rated it 12 years ago
Greenway Boathouse, bought by Ms. Christie for £6,000 in 1932, was the setting for a murder in Dead Man's Folly.
karenf
karenf rated it 13 years ago
Not my favorite Christie but an entertaining read for most of it. There's not enough Poirot and the other characters seem rather flat.
LeahSL
LeahSL rated it 14 years ago
B Plot gets me every damn time! Also, Agatha Christie's Kilgore Trout-ian Ariadne Oliver appears and that's never a bad thing.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 14 years ago
Another case for Hercule Poirot, dramatised by Michael Bakewell and directed by Enyd Williams.Poirot gets an urgent telephone call from an old friend, distinguished crime writer Ariadne Oliver, asking for his help. Poirot....John MoffattAriadne....Julia MckenzieSir George....Michael CochraneLady Stu...
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