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Dead Man's Folly
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Author:
Christie, Agatha
Series:
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 28.
Published:
HarperCollins 2005
Format:
Kindle Book, OverDrive Read
Lexile measure:
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When a mock murder game staged for charity threatens to turn into the real thing, the intrepid Hercule Poirot is called in to take part in this Dead Man's Folly, a classic from the queen of suspense, Agatha Christie.

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's something sinister is about to happen....

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Fiction
Mystery
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Street Date:
07/05/2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780061744631
ASIN:
B000FCK9CM
Lexile measure:
750

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Agatha Christie. (2005). Dead Man's Folly. HarperCollins.

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Agatha Christie. 2005. Dead Man's Folly. HarperCollins.

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Agatha Christie, Dead Man's Folly. HarperCollins, 2005.

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Agatha Christie. Dead Man's Folly. HarperCollins, 2005.

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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's something sinister is about to happen....

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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's something sinister is about to happen....

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