character Miss Marple

Miss Marple is a retired schoolteacher who lives in the fictional English village of St. Mary Mead. She is a spinster and an amateur detective who often assists the police in solving murders.

In Dead Man’s Folly, Ariadne Oliver is asked to organize a fête at a Devon estate. She enlists the help of Hercule Poirot to solve a murder that takes place there.

The characters in Dead Man’s Folly are Ariadne Oliver, Hercule Poirot, and the various people they meet at the Devon estate. The feature content of the book is the mystery surrounding the murder that takes place there.

The characters in other books by Agatha Christie are often detectives or people who are trying to solve a mystery. They are usually clever and resourceful, and they often have to outwit the criminals they are pursuing.

In Dead Man’s Folly, Christie’s classic detective Hercule Poirot investigates a murder at a country fête. The victim is found hanging from a tree, and it soon becomes clear that she was not the intended target. With a cast of suspects that includes the victim’s husband, the organizers of the fête, and a mysterious stranger, Poirot must untangle a web of lies and deceit to uncover the killer’s identity.

Christie’s plotting is as tight as ever, and the characters are well-drawn and believable. The resolution is satisfying, and the reader is left with a sense of Poirot’s cleverness and the satisfaction that comes from watching a master at work.