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Hercule Poirot is enjoying a well-deserved break on Smugglers Island and, through habit, paying close attention to his fellow holidaymakers. When glamorous actress Arlena Stuart is found strangled on the beach of a small cove Poirot becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. With his sharp observations, he discovers that nearly all the guests have connections to Arlena. But which of these suspects felt strongly enough about Arlena Stuart to kill her?

When the seductive Arlene Stuart Marshall is found floating face down at a seaside resort, her cuckolded husband is initially suspected, but when Detective Poirot digs deeper into the case, he discovers much more goings-on at the hotel, including drug smuggling, religious mania, mysterious love letters, unsolved previous murders, and voodoo. Read by David Suchet.

At Devon’s Jolly Roger resort, Arlena Stuart Marshall openly cavorts with Patrick Redfern while her husband and Patrick’s wife helplessly watch. Later Arlena’s lifeless body is found in the sand at a nearby cove. The evidence seems to point to Arlena’s husband as the murderer, but Hercule Poirot, who just happens to be on holiday at the tony hotel, doesn’t settle for such an easy answer. Everyone is a suspect, and the evidence includes voodoo practices, drug-smuggling, religious mania, bank withdrawals, mysterious love letters, and two murders from the past.