When a mock murder video game staged for charity threatens to turn into the real matter, the intrepid Hercule Poirot is called in to take part in this Deceased Man’s Folly, a vintage from your queen of suspense, Agatha Christie.

Sir George and Woman Stubbs, the hosts of the village fete, hit upon the book notion of staging a mock murder secret. In good trust, Ariadne Oliver, the well-known criminal offense writer, agrees to arrange their murder hunt.

Despite weeks of meticulous planning, at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend Hercule Poirot for his expert assistance. Instinctively, she senses that’s something sinister is going to happen….