Dead Man's Folly
To Humphrey & Peggy Trevelyan
UK
Collins, London, Nov. 1956
John Bull, Aug.11-Sep.15 1956
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, Oct. 1956
Colliers's Weekly, Jul.20-Aug.17 1956

Plot

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...

Characters

Hercule Poirot • Sir George Stubbs • Hattie Stubbs • Ammy Folliot • Amanda Brewis • Michael Wayman • Alec Legge • Sally Legge • Marlene Tucker • Merdell • Inspector Bland • Ariadne Oliver

Films & TV

Dead Man's Folly, US, 1986
TV drama list
Dead Man's Folly, ITV/UK, 2013
Agatha Christie's POIROT XIII

Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly

The original unpublihed version of "Dead Man's Folly".

UK/US covers

Dodd, Mead and Company

Collins / HarperCollins

Pocket Books

Pan Books

other publishers

Magazine

Western Europe covers

Poirot joue le jeu

French index

Le Masque (#579) 1957

Club des Masques

Le Livre de Poche (#6108) 1985

other publishers

Zoek de moordenaar

Dutch index


Wiedersehen mit Mrs. Oliver // Mord mit verteilten Rollen

German index


Northern Europe covers

Död mans fåfänga

Swedish index


Dødens tempel // Leg med mord

Danish index


Leken blir alvor

Norwegian index


Kuolleen miehen huvimaja

Finnish index


Innsigli dauðans

Icelandic index


Surnud mehe temp

Estonian index


Nelaiķa tējas paviljons

Lettish index


Mirusiojo kvailystė

Lithuanian index


Southern Europe covers

La sagra del delitto

Italian index


El Templete de Nasse House

Spanish index


El templet del mort


A Extravagância do Morto / Poirot e o Jogo Macabro / Jogo Macabro

Portuguese index

A Extravagância do Morto


Poirot e o Jogo Macabro


Jogo Macabro


Το πέτρινο φέρετρο

Greek index


Vašar zločina / Mrtvačeva ludost

former Yugoslavia index


Vašar Zločina

former Yugoslavia index


Sajam zločina

former Yugoslavia index


Zločinska zabava

former Yugoslavia index


Eastern Europe covers

Mŕtva v lodenici

Slovak index


Hra na vraždu

Czech index


Gloriett a hullának / Gyilkosvadászat

Hungarian index


Двойно убийство

Bulgarian index


Zbrodnia na festynie

Polish index


Vânătoarea de crime // Misterul crimelor înlănţuite

Romanian index


Причуда мертвеца // Конец человеческой глупости / У богатых свои причуды

Russian index


Middle East & Asian covers

გარდაცვლილის კაპრიზი

Georgian index


Sonuncu Kurban // Ölü Adamın Dönüşü

Turkish index


Ölünün malikanəsi

Azerbaijan index


רצח הליידי המסתורית

Hebrew index


بيت الرجل الميت

Arabic index

بيت الرجل الميت


حماقة ميت


مبنى الرجل الميت


عدو بلا وجه


سایبان مرد قاتل / شکار قاتل / سایه بان مرد قاتل

Persian index

شکار قاتل


سایه بان مرد قاتل


سایبان مرد قاتل


حماقت گرینشاو


(Marathi) डेड मॅन्स फॉली / (Malayalam) പരേതന്റെ ദേവാലയം

South Asia index


ডেড মানস ফলি

South Asia index


Kubur Berkubah

Indonesian index


เกมลวงหฤโหด / เกมมรณะ / ปัวโร ตอน เกมมรณะ / ฆ่าปิดปาก / เกมซ้อนเกม

Thai index

เกมลวงหฤโหด


เกมมรณะ


ปัวโร ตอน เกมมรณะ


ฆ่าปิดปาก


เกมซ้อนเกม


Vọng Lâu Tử Thần // Ngôi Đền Của Người Chết // Người chết không thể nói

Vietnamese index


假戲成真 / 假戏成真 / 古宅迷踪 / 弄假成真 / 死人的殿堂

Chinese index

假戲成真


假戏成真


古宅迷踪


弄假成真


死人的殿堂


死者のあやまち

Japanese index


죽은 자의 어리석음 / 죽은자의 어리석음

Korean index

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죽은자의 어리석음