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Ariadne Oliver has a bad feeling about the murder she's planning.



Of course, Mrs. Oliver is only killing for charity. As a famous mystery writer, she's been asked to plan a fake murder and organize the hunt for clues.
But there's just something indefinably wrong with the situation. And when she thinks about it for a second?
Hey! I know a guy...



In typical Mrs. Oliver fashion, she informs Poirot that he needs to immediately pack his bags and head her way whether he wants to or not.
And in typical Poirot fashion, his curiosity gets the better of him and he shows up in time to meet everyone involved before all the murdering starts.



Ok, so as much as I love good old Hastings, Ariadne Oliver is my absolute favorite Poirot sidekick. I think it's because it's almost like a funny version of Agatha Christie interacting with her own character on the page.



The mystery is pretty decent, too. Disguises, secret histories, blackmail, and scary foreigners!
Good stuff.



In case you were wondering:
Dead Man's Folly was an expanded version of Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly, which was published posthumously as a short.
There are differences between the two stories, but the reason Christie originally abandoned Greenshore Folly was that it was too long to be in a magazine.
So? <--you say
Well, the proceeds of the magazine story were supposed to go to her church for renovations. Instead, she ended up writing Greenshaw's Folly - a Miss Marple Short Story and giving the money for that one to the church.
You're welcome for this useless bit of trivia.