boring Poirots I've ever read. The concept really excited me, but all that stuff with the Bridge and everything was just so tedious (I've never played anything more complicated than "Snap"). I'm not really a Mrs Oliver fan either ... her and Poirot make an unlikely pair and I just don't think they gel. I'm surprised he can stand her, being so muddled as she is. I usually class the good AC's as ones I remember - the more I rememeber them, the better they are. With this one I can barely remember who the murderer was! I just remember they were at a game of Bridge and Mr S was killed - then there was a window cleaner and a boat at the end. But that's seriously all I can remember. This is one of my newest favorites.. I loved the concept, the characters, the gripping plot, and of course the unfailing intelligence that is behind every great Agatha Christie book. This is the Queen of Crime at the height of her reign. Such a pity about the 2006 adaptation, though. I mean, they started off so well, with the set and the cast and the dialogue spot on, but from there on it all went downhill! Twisting it all around like that- was there a need for it? Sigh.... That's ITV for you!