![]() Widowed, Mrs Folliat lost her two sons during the War. Hattie and George were introduced by Amy Folliat, the last of the family who had owned the estate for centuries. ![]() She shows interest in fine clothes and jewellery only, appearing simple to all but her husband's secretary, Miss Brewis, who sees through Hattie's outward appearance but is herself conflicted because of her own feelings for her employer, Sir George. His much younger wife is the beautiful Hattie, Lady Stubbs. The wealthy Sir George Stubbs owns Nasse House. At Nasse House, Mrs Oliver explains that small aspects of her plans for the Murder Hunt have been changed by requests from people in the house rather deviously, until a real murder would not surprise her. ![]() Poirot is summoned to Nasse House in Devon by Ariadne Oliver, who is staging a Murder Hunt as part of a summer fĂȘte the next day. It features Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver. ![]() The US edition retailed at $2.95 and the UK edition at twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6). Dead Man's Folly is a work of detective fiction 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. ![]()
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