An archeologist's beautiful but unpopular wife is murdered while the couple is in the Middle East excavating an historical site. At the request of local authorities, a vacationing Hercule Poirot takes on the case.

Poirot in the last five episodes of the long running series. Alongside the familiar faces of Hasting, Japp, Miss Lemon, and Ariadne Oliver, Poirot risks everything to solve the most complex case in his career. Includes episodes: The Big-four; Elephants Can Remember; Dead Man's Folly; The Labours of Hercules; and Curtain: Poirot's Last Case.