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Two Drownings.
Dead Man's Folly
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 the 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...Year: 1956
Detective: Poirot and Oliver
Location: England
Detective: Poirot and Oliver
Location: England
Cast of characters
Hercule Poirot, Miss Lemon, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver. Also: Superintendent Baldwin, Miss Amanda Brewis, Detective-Inspector Bland, Elsa, Amy and James Folliat, Marilyn Gale, Robert Hoskins, Alec and Peggy Legge, Mrs. Connie Masterton, Major Merall, Merdell, Etienne de Sousa, Sir George and Lady Hattie Stubbs, Marilyn and Marlene Tucker, Captain Jim Warburton, Michael WeymanPublishing history
Publishing: First published in 1956 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. TV: The novel was adapted by Warner Brothers Television in 1986 and starred Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot and Jean Stapleton as Ariadne Oliver.Notes and reviews
The locations are fictitious but Charles Osborne suggest that Nasse House "big white Georgian house looking out over the river" was based on Christie's own house 'Greenway' and the river Helm was based on the DArt.Murder methods:
One Strangling.Two Drownings.