MixedAgain, I feel like this was an interesting Poirot novel and I always enjoy Ariadne Oliver as a side character. But I feel like the solution was like a little bit contrived.
Dead Man's Folly (1956)
Creators: Mixed Whilst organising a mock murder hunt for the village fete hosted by Sir George and Lady Stubbs, a feeling of dread settles on the famous crime novelist Adriane Oliver. Call it instinct, but it's a feeling she just can't explain…or get away from. In desperation she summons her old friend, Hercule Poirot – and her instincts are soon proved correct when the 'pretend' murder victim is discovered playing the scene for real, a rope wrapped tightly around her neck…But it's the great detective who first discovers that in murder hunts, whether mock or real, everyone is playing a part…
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MixedSo like by the end of this book I did like the mystery. it's still not like one of my favorite Agatha Christie books. There were definitely still some things about, you know, the characters that I genuinely despise, and I could have done without so much of it, honestly.
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Agatha Christiein published order, the first 10 Christie mystery books featuring Poirot are: 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 2) The Murder on the Links, 3) Poirot Investigates, 4) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 5) The Big Four, 6) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 7) Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts [Charles Osborne novelized the play in 1998 under the title, Black Coffee], 8) Peril at End House, 9) Lord Edgware Dies, and 10) Murder on the Orient Express. Each has its own entry on Goodreads.
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