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Loading... Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Follyby Agatha Christie
   No current Talk conversations about this book.  smik | May 29, 2020 |  [bc:Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly|18868795|Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)|Agatha Christie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1385451617s/18868795.jpg|26615840] Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly - Christie 4 stars Sometimes even a famous author has publishing difficulties. Also, the best laid plans ….. Christie wrote this one as a charitable effort, but given it’s awkward length was unable to find a publisher… until it was issued as an inexpensive e-book. It’s still a good story and long enough for a typical Christie plot twist that I could almost, but not quite, see coming. The best thing about this story is the wonderful pair up of Poirot and the wacky, mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver. Why have a fake murder at your fundraising fete? A real one is so much better. (  ) msjudy | May 30, 2016 | The original story by this name, which Christie was unable to sell at the time because of its novella length, puts us in familiar Christie territory. You can pretty much see the disaster coming, but the denoument is still delicious, as is Poirot. ( ) ffortsa | Jun 7, 2014 | Hercule Poirot is summoned to Greenshore Folly to assist with a Murder Fete which could turn into a real murder. A humor laced colorfully detailed narrative winds a devious multi-leveled mystery. Characters are authentic, varied, and entertaining. Overall, an enjoyable read. (  ) catya77 | Apr 20, 2014 | What a fun read. The setting is actually Agatha Christie's summer Devon home. Hercule's friend, novelist Ariadne Oliver, has been asked to write a mystery murder game and senses something isn't quite right and phones Hercule to come to Greenshore in Devon under the pretense of handing out the award to the winner who solves the game. Hercule takes the train arrives and meets the guests and the Lady of the house vanishes and the selected "victim" in the game is found murdered. Having visited Greenway I loved this novella. ( ) Kathy89 | Apr 16, 2014 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Never before publishedâ??the lost classic, unseen for sixty years! A party game goes dead wrong in this ingenious mystery from the most beloved novelist of all time. Hercule Poirot, the world's favorite detective, has agreed to take part in a mock murder mystery in a charming English villageâ??but when tragedy strikes, a different sort of game begins ... In 1954, Agatha Christie wrote this novella with the intention of donating the proceeds to a fund set up to buy stained glass windows for her local church at Churston Ferrers, and she filled the story with references to local places, including her own home of Greenway. But, having completed it, she decided instead to expand the story into a full-length novel, Dead Man's Folly, which was published two years later, and donated a Miss Marple story (Greenshaw's Folly) to the church fund instead. Unseen for sixty years, Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly is finally published in this ebook-exclusive edition No library descriptions found. |
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At the village fete Lady Hattie Stubbs, the hostess, disappears when she should have been doing something official. At the same time Ariadne Oliver's worst fears are realised when the victim of her mock murder mystery at the fete is found strangled. Later the gardener's father, who'd dropped a few cryptic lines into Hercule Poirot's ear, also dies. Lady Stubbs is never found and it is finally Hercule Poirot who works out what has happened to her, and just who Sir George Stubbs is.
This is longer than a short story, and about half the size of a full length novel. (