In the novel Dead Man's Folly, crime novel author Ariadne Oliver is engaged to create a Murder Hunt to be held at the fête at Nasse House.
Characters in the Murder Hunt[]
- Estelle Glynne - a beautiful and mysterious young woman, the guest of
- Colonel Blunt - the local Squire, whose daughter
- Joan - is married to
- Peter Gaye - a young Atom Scientist.
- Miss Willing - a housekeeper.
- Quiett - a butler.
- Maya Stavisky - a girl hiker.
- Esteban Loyola - an uninvited guest.
Weapons[]
- A small pistol
- A piece of lead piping with a rusty sinister stain on it
- A blue bottle labelled Poison
- A length of clothes line
- A hypodermic syringe