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Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
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The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
A Mrs Ernestine Todd, from Clapham, asks Poirot to help her find her cook, Eliza, who has disappeared. Poirot, who aims to accept only really significant cases, is at first insulted by such a trivial request. However, after he sees the contents of the missing cook's trunk, he decides the case could prove to be worthy of his talents.
Murder in the Mews
It occurs to Hastings that the fireworks exploding around London on November 5th - Bonfire Night - could disguise a shooting. His own mews garage quickly becomes the scene of a violent death, and Poirot finds himself investigating the apparent suicide of a young lady who was engaged to a pompous politician.
The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
Country squire Marcus Waverly calls on Poirot for help in dealing with kidnap threats against his son. Hastings is appalled by the thought of someone going around kidnapping children ("Damn it all - this is England!") and it becomes a race against time to find out who the mystery letter writer is.
Four and Twenty Blackbirds
At a London restaurant where he often eats, Poirot notices that another regular customer has dramatically changed the food he eats. Meanwhile, as old Anthony Gascoigne lies dying in Brighton, his estranged twin brother, Henry, falls to his death. A tragic accident, or murder? Poirot begins to see connections and decides the answer to the mystery lies in a blackberry pie.
The Third Floor Flat
Poirot is bored, as he has had no murder case for several weeks. A few hours later, that night, he finds himself disturbed in his apartment by the strange shooting of Mrs Grant, a resident of his own building. Two young couples find the murdered woman's body in the third-floor flat below Poirot's, and it soon appears that bigamy may be the key to the mystery.
Triangle at Rhodes
Poirot is on holiday at the Palace Hotel, Rhodes, when an Englishwoman, Mrs Valentine Chantry, is poisoned. Is this a simple crime of passion, or is the woman's husband innocent? Poirot unravels several complicated relationships between those staying at the Palace Hotel.
Problem at Sea
Poirot is enjoying a Mediterranean cruise to Egypt. On the ship's arrival at Alexandria, a fellow passenger, Colonel Clapperton, finds his wife has been murdered in their cabin, and Poirot is on hand to exercise his little grey cells.
The Incredible Theft
Lord Mayfield, an aircraft manufacturer, tries to trap a spy at his country house - but his plan goes terribly wrong. Lady Mayfield sends for Poirot, who tells a few home truths.
The King of Clubs
Lovely young actress Valerie St Clair, engaged to marry Prince Paul of Maurania, is the only witness to the murder of Henry Reedburn, a shady and overbearing producer. Prince Paul appeals to Poirot to save Valerie from police suspicion, and the great detective finds he has a conundrum to ponder on - 'When is a murder not a murder?'
The Dream
Millionaire business man Benedict Farley, a well-known eccentric, consults Poirot about the bad dreams he has been having - he has dreamed repeatedly of killing himself. Sadly, he does not follow some good advice Poirot gives him. When Farley is found dead, Poirot fails to believe in suicide and suspects a murder plot relying on hypnosis.
Peril at End House
Poirot and Hastings take a holiday in Cornwall, looking for peace and quiet. They meet Miss Nick Buckley, who lives near their hotel at End House, and she tells Poirot she has had three near-fatal accidents in a few weeks. He then finds a bullet hole in her hat, returns with her to End House and is drawn into a complex murder investigation.....
The Veiled Lady
Poirot is musing on the criminal life after witnessing a jewel robbery, when he is summoned to the Athena Hotel by a mysterious woman. Lady Millicent Castlevaughn, recently engaged to marry the Duke of Southshire, tells Poirot she is being blackmailed over a letter she wrote to a previous admirer, and she wants Poirot to get it back for her from a Mr Lavington. This mission soon lands Poirot on the wrong side of the law, but all is not lost...
The Lost Mine
Hastings and Poirot are playing Monopoly when they are interrupted by Lord Pearson, the elegant Chairman of the London and Shanghai Bank. The banker asks them to investigate the disappearance of a Mr Ling - a highly-valued customer who before he went missing had arranged to sell Lord Pearson a map showing the location of a long-lost silver mine. Ling is found murdered, a young stockbroker is implicated, and Poirot has to untangle a complicated plot.
The Cornish Mystery
Poirot travels to Cornwall, summoned by a Mrs Pengelley, who suspects her dentist husband is poisoning her because he's fallen in love with his young assistant. Unhappily, Poirot finds Mrs Pengelley dead on his arrival, so he sets out to catch her killer.
The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim
Matthew Davenheim, a rich banker, disappears on a walk from his country house to the village post office, and Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard is put onto the case. Poirot, who has developed an interest in conjuring tricks, bets Japp five pounds that he can solve the mystery without leaving his apartment.
Double Sin
Poirot tells a surprised Hastings he's decided to retire and suggests they take a holiday in the Lake District. On the way, Hastings befriends a young woman who is missing a collection of valuable miniatures. The case involves a famous writer and a beautiful woman in a sports car, and to the relief of Hastings Poirot's thoughts of retirement soon seem far away.
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
A glamorous nightclub singer turned spy has stolen the US Navy's plans for a new submarine, and an FBI agent called Burt is in London to catch her. Burt dismisses Poirot as a gumshoe, and Poirot is likewise not impressed by the self-important G-man. Poirot is drawn into the case when it appears that the submarine plans will fall into the hands of the Fascist government in Italy unless they are recovered. When Poirot meets a young couple who've got an amazing bargain on a prime apartment, he sees a connection with the spy case.
The Kidnapped Prime Minister
Poirot is called in when the British Prime Minister and his secretary are kidnapped in France on their way to a League of Nations conference - and he is given just a day and a half to solve the case.
The Adventure of the Western Star
Marie Marvelle, a Belgian film star, receives threatening letters from a chinaman which demand her famous diamond, the Western Star. Marie visits her old friend Hercule Poirot in London, seeking his help, and Poirot tackles the case with relish.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Hastings asks for Poirot's help to figure out Mrs. Inglethorpe's mysterious demise.
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Suggestions of a Communist conspiracy cast suspicion on a murdered woman's Russian servant. Meanwhile, Poirot has a rose named after him, and a ceremony at the Chelsea Flower Show makes him the centre of attention. Hastings receives a packet of seeds and develops hay fever.
The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
The London and Scottish Bank is sending a huge shipment of Liberty Bonds to New York on the liner Queen Mary. Poirot, who suffers terribly from sea-sickness, is asked to see the bonds safely across the Atlantic.
The Plymouth Express
An Australian shipping tycoon wants Poirot to check out his daughter's suitors. Then the young lady takes a trip on the Plymouth Express, and Poirot finds himself investigating a jewel theft on the train.
Wasp's Nest
Suspecting that a model and her fiance are in danger, Poirot finds Hastings' hobby useful in solving the case.
The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor
A young wife claims that a tree in her garden is haunted.
The Double Clue
When Japp seeks his help in investigating a series of jewel thefts, Poirot is smitten with the lovely Countess Rossakoff.
The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
When Poirot is asked to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband, he finds that the mystery hinges on a duel fought ten years ago.
The Theft of the Royal Ruby
Poirot must give up his plans for a quiet Christmas when the theft a a ruby from a visiting Egyptian prince is decided to be a matter of national security.
The Affair at the Victory Ball
When Poirot attends a masquerade ball as himself ("Poirot does not wear costumes"), a fragment of a costume allows Poirot to unmask a viscount's killer.
The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
When Poirot joins Hastings in a grouse shoot, one of their party is murdered.
The ABC Murders
Three bodies are found. Beside each lies a copy of the ABC Railway Guide. The police are baffled. But the killer has made one mistake. He has challenged Hercule Poirot to unmask him.
Death in the Clouds
On an aeroplane flying from Paris to London, one of the other passengers is killed by a poison dart while Poirot sleeps.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Poirot believes his dentist was murdered, although Japp thinks it was a suicide.
The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
An archaeologist dies of a heart attack shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, but his widow thinks there is dirty work at the crossroads and calls in Poirot. Poirot dismisses the idea of a mummy's curse, and by risking his own life he smokes out a murderer.
The Underdog
A chemical plant in 1930s Germany, threatened British business interests, murder - in pursuit of the truth, Poirot's secretary, Miss Lemon, successfully hypnotizes the murdered man's widow.
The Yellow Iris
Friends and family gather at a dinner-party to mark the second anniversary of a woman's death. The atmosphere is so charged that one almost expects the victim to come back from the dead. Meanwhile, Poirot is caught up in a coup d'etat and arrested as a spy, which prevents him from solving a murder at a French restaurant owned by an Italian in Buenos Aires... but all is not lost.
The Case of the Missing Will
Poirot has to execute the final wishes of an old friend who has been killed.
The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
Hastings's friend Dr Hawker receives worrying news about a patient, Count Foscanti, and the body is found of a man beaten to death. Hastings's Italian roadster and Miss Lemon's new admirer turn out to have connections with each other and with the murdered man, and Poirot finds his investigation leads him into the gangland world of London's Little Italy. The story culminates in a deadly car chase.
The Chocolate Box
Poirot returns to Belgium for the first time since the Great War, and there he revisits a twenty-year-old murder mystery that was never officially solved. We flash back to an eager young detective on the Brussels police force, working to serve a young woman who has come to him for help. In the process, the pin the older Poirot wears is identified.
Dead Man's Mirror
At an auction, Hercule Poirot wants to buy an old mirror. Art dealer Gervase Chevenix outbids him for it, then offers Poirot the mirror if he will investigate a case... Chevenix believes he is being cheated by an architect, John Lake... Mrs Chevenix claims her spirit guide, an ancient Egyptian called Saphra, has warned her of an imminent death. There is a disputed will, a second unsigned will, the sound of shots behind locked doors, an apparent suicide which Poirot suspects is murder... Do not go out of the room, or you will lose the plot.
Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
Mrs Opalsen's famous pearls are stolen, and Poirot is happily on hand to investigate. A complex theft calls for a sophisticated solution. Unfortunately, Poirot is hindered everywhere he goes by being mistaken for 'Lucky Len'.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas
The tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional but wealthy family summons his adult children for a Christmas reunion, but prior to the holiday his throat is slashed apparently by one of them.
Hickory Dickory Dock
Miss Lemon persuades Poirot to investigate a series of apparently minor thefts in a university hostel, but simple kleptomania soon turns to baffling homicide.
Murder on the Links
While Poirot and Hastings are holidaying in France, a businessman tells Poirot that his life is in danger. The next day he is found stabbed to death on a nearby golf course.
Dumb Witness
An elderly woman confides to Poirot that she fears one of her relatives is trying to kill her for her money. He persuades her to disinherit her heirs, but she is murdered anyway.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Living quietly in the small village of King's Abbot, sleuth Hercule Poirot becomes involved in the murder of successful industrialist Roger Ackroyd. The number of potential killers is almost as great as the population of the village itself. As Poirot investigates he sees that there might be a connection to the suicide of a local woman, and the death the previous year of her husband.
Lord Edgware Dies
Lady Edgeware, the well-known stage actress Jane Wilkinson has a dilemma in that her husband has consistently refused to give her a divorce. She asks Hercule Poirot to visit the man and see if there is any possibility of convincing him. Lord Edgeware is nothing short of nasty treating all of those around him very badly. When he is found dead, there is no great surprise but there certainly a good number of suspects. The police believe Lady Edgeware to be the culprit but she has a cast iron alibi having attended a private dinner over the time her husband was killed. There is also the man's nephew, who would inherit his fortune; his personal assistant, whom he treated very badly; and then there is the family butler who clearly has his own interests at heart.
Evil Under the Sun
Recovering from a sudden collapse, Poirot finds little comfort in doctor's orders confining him to a strict regimen at an island health resort with Captain Hastings. However, better medicine is to be found in the murder of another guest, a famous film actress, and a long list of suspects.
Murder in Mesopotamia
While Poirot is on holiday in Iraq, the wife of the head scientist at an archaeological dig confides to him that she is the target of threatening letters.
Five Little Pigs
Lucy Crale enlists Poirot to investigate the fourteen-year-old murder case in which her mother was hanged for poisoning her philandering painter father.
Sad Cypress
Elinor Carlisle seems to be the obvious murderer of her ailing aunt and the beautiful romantic rival who broke up her engagement, but Poirot uncovers darker motives.
Death on the Nile
A wealthy British heiress honeymooning on a Nile cruise ship is stalked by a former friend, whose boyfriend she had stolen before making him her new husband.
The Hollow
Poirot stumbles on the murder scene of philandering Dr. John Christow at a country estate as his mistress, his hostess, and his wife (with a revolver) stand over him.
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Poirot investigates the brutal hammer murder of Ruth Kettering, an American heiress and the theft of a fabulous ruby on the Blue Train between Calais and Nice.
Cards on the Table
The enigmatic, sinister Mr. Shaitana, one of London's richest men, invites 8 guests, 4 of them possible murderers and 4 'detectives' to his opulent apartment.
After the Funeral
When a man disinherits his sole beneficiary and bequeaths his wealth to others just prior to his death, Poirot is called in to investigate.
Taken at the Flood
A young widow is left in sole possession of her late husband's fortune, and her brother refuses to share it with her in-laws - so they enlist Poirot to try to prove that the widow's missing first husband might not be dead after all.
Mrs. McGinty's Dead
A pair of photographs are the only clues that Poirot has to solve the murder of a village charwoman, and to prove the innocence of the victim's lodger.
Cat Among the Pigeons
A foreign revolution, a kidnapped princess, and a trove of priceless rubies are linked to a prestigious girls' school, where staff members are brutally murdered.
Third Girl
After a seemingly neurotic young heiress tells Ariadne Oliver and Poirot that she thinks she may have killed someone, her ex-nanny is found with her wrists slashed.
Appointment with Death
While accompanying her husband on an archaeological dig in 1937 Syria, overbearing, abusive Lady Boynton is found stabbed to death.
Three Act Tragedy
Four clocks surround an unidentified corpse in a blind woman's house, and a young typist is summoned to the crime scene. However, Poirot is convinced that the complicated setup is merely hiding a simpler solution.
Hallowe'en Party
Poirot attends a party at the great actor Sir Charles Cartwright's Cornish mansion. A local reverend dies while drinking a cocktail, but no poison is found in his glass. Poirot and Cartwright decide to investigate when another victim is claimed in the same manner.
Murder on the Orient Express
During a village's Hallowe'en party, a young girl boasts of having witnessed a murder from years before. No one believes her tale until her body is found later on in the evening, drowned in the apple-bobbing bucket.
The Clocks
Poirot investigates the murder of a shady American businessman stabbed in his compartment on the Orient Express when it is blocked by a blizzard in Croatia.
Elephants Can Remember
While Poirot investigates the murder of a renowned psychiatrist, Ariadne Oliver becomes an amateur sleuth of her own when her goddaughter tasks her to find out the truth about the nature of her parents' mysterious deaths.
The Big Four
Poirot reunites with his old friends Hastings, Japp, and Miss Lemon, and together they are pitted against a dangerous group of dissidents as the threat of impending world war looms.
Dead Man's Folly
Ariadne Oliver is asked to devise a murder hunt for a Devon fête, but her sense of foreboding summons Poirot to the scene. Her fears are realized when, during the fête, the girl playing her murder victim winds up well and truly murdered.
The Labours of Hercules
Poirot is challenged to live up to his mythological namesake by solving twelve cases that, in some way or another, resemble Hercules' legendary tasks.
Curtain
An ailing Poirot returns to Styles with Hastings nearly three decades after solving their first mystery together there in order to prevent an unscrupulous and ingenious serial killer from claiming more victims.