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Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Season 3
Episode 1
Lieutenant Hastings is recovering from his war injuries when he receives an invitation to visit his old friends, the Cavendish family, at Styles St. Mary. Staying nearby are a group of Belgian refugees including, much to Hastings’ surprise, his old acquaintance from the Belgian police, Hercule Poirot. When his weekend hostess is found murdered, Hastings sends for his friend Poirot.
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49:55
A fragment of a costume is the only clue when a man is killed at a masquerade ball.
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46:27
When the nation's security is threatened, Poirot is called in to help find a stolen ruby.
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51:10
Poirot is asked to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband.
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49:21
Poirot falls in love and finds a criminal intellect that pushes his own to the limit.
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51:17
Poirot is asked to solve a fictional murder, but then a real killing takes place nearby.
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50:49
Poirot suspects that an old friend's son and his fashion-model girlfriend are in danger.
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50:36
Poirot is given the task of vetting suitors for an Australian magnate's daughter.
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50:59
Poirot tries to overcome seasickness to accompany a shipment of Liberty Bonds to New York.
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51:21
Poirot investigates when a woman he met at the Chelsea Flower Show dies from poisoning.
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51:01
When the Prime Minister is kidnapped in France, Poirot has only 32 hours to find him.
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50:05
Poirot is drawn to a case involving the theft of secret submarine plans.
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50:55
Poirot takes Hastings on a rest cure in the Lake District.