Agatha Christie's Poirot: Cards on the Table

While visiting a gallery, Poirot bumps into Mr Shaitana, a Mephistophelian like character, who invites him to dinner where he will exhibit real life criminals. During the dinner, Shaitana makes cryptic remarks about past murders and the eight guests are split up to play bridge in two separate rooms - the dining room and drawing room. Mr Shaitana sits in the drawing room quietly by the fire in a large chair with his back to his guests. By midnight Shaitana is dead - stabbed through the heart with a stiletto blade. The murder could have only been committed by one of the four people playing bridge in the drawing room - Major Despard, Dr Roberts, Mrs Lorrimer and Miss Meredith. (hd)