Dead Man's Folly

Dead Man's Folly
Dust-jacket illustration of the US (true first) edition. See Publication history (below) for UK first edition jacket image.
AuthorAgatha Christie
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHercule Poirot
GenreCrime novel
PublisherDodd, Mead and Company
Publication date
October 1956
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages216
Preceded byHickory Dickory Dock 
Followed byCat Among the Pigeons 

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. The US edition retailed at $2.95 and the UK edition at twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6). It features Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver.