Paperback. Publisher: HarperCollins UK A charity murder game at a Devon house turns into the real thing ... Sir George and Lady Stubbs. the hosts of a village fte. hit upon the novel idea of ??staging a mock murder mystery In. good faith. Ariadne Oliver. the well known crime writer. agrees to organise 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 something sinister is about to happen ... Beware - nobody is quite what they seem!