Sidelined by his war injuries in 1916, Captain Hastings travels to his friend' s estate at Styles Court to recover from his wounds. As the summer heats up, a tragic murder occurs, and Hastings calls upon the services of his old acquaintance Hercule Poirot. With seemingly unrelated clues-a scrap of a burned will, a false beard, and an empty packet of bromide-the brilliant detective launches his first investigation on English soil and forges an enduring friendship. This BBC 4 full-cast dramatization of Agatha Christie' s The Mysterious Affair at Styles stars John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot, Simon Williams as Captain Hastings, and Philip Jackson as Detective Inspector Japp