Stars: 3
Review by: Mandy Apgar
Hercule
Poirot, along with his beloved "hound dog" so to speak, Arthur Hastings,
are on holiday at a seaside resort when Poirot turns his ankle and is
assisted by the lovely young Nick Buckley. Miss
Buckley is the owner of End House, the "going to rack and ruin"
residence at the end of the cove and apparently leads a charmed life.
While sitting right in front of Poirot and Hastings she laments the
local wasps and flinches. Later, while remarking on Nick's
stated three recent escapes from sudden death, Poirot finds number four -
a hole in the hat she left behind and a bullet in the dirt. Discussing
things with her friends, who at first think she is a great liar, they
get the lot to come around. But then, a double
tragedy. The noted flier, Michael Seton, is stated to have died while
attempting to be the first to go around the world. Then, while wearing
Nick's wrap at a party, her cousin Maggie is shot. Things jump the shark
a bit at the end when the long lost spouse
of a character suddenly materializes just to try to shoot the person,
only to die in the attempt, but Poirot's efforts to find the killer are
so in earnest that he even convinces Nick to play dead as part of the
show.
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