Dead Man's Folly
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- TV film 1986 +1
- On screen
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Our view
“Dead Man’s Folly” pairs Hercule Poirot with Ariadne Oliver in a smoothly plotted mystery whose solution can still catch a seasoned reader out. Some readers single out the consistency of the writing and the scene in which Poirot fits the pieces together and confronts the culprit. Others find the opening slow and the final twists hollow, and some dismiss the book outright.
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About the book
Dead Man's Folly is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in October 1956 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 5 November of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.95 and the UK edition at twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6). It features Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver.
Reading order · canon of Hercule Poirot
Full order & progress →
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 1986 to 2013.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 107 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 42% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 10 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 97 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Dead Man's Folly?
It has 224 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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