The Best Episodes Written By Anthony Horowitz

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(18 votes)

   #1 - The Yellow Iris

   S5:E31/31/1993

   Friends and family gather at a dinner party to mark the second anniversary of a woman's death. Meanwhile, Poirot is caught up in a coup d'etat and arrested as a spy, which prevents him from solving a murder at a French restaurant owned by an Italian in Buenos Aires.

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   #2 - Cromm Cruac

   S3:E75/17/1986

   After Much is injured in a pit trap, the outlaws seek help for him at the nearest village, Cromm Cruac, a place no one has heard of until now. All is not right, as becomes evident by the things the men see and the way some of them begin to act. Robin must confront Gulnar, a sorceror who once served Owen of Clun.

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   7.9/10(30 votes)

   #3 - Evil Under the Sun

   S8:E14/20/2001

   After collapsing with heart problems, Hercule Poirot visits a seaside health farm on Burgh Island. While there, the flirtatious heiress Arlena Stewart is found strangled on a secluded beach.

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   7.9/10(22 votes)

   #4 - Murder on the Links

   S6:E32/11/1996

   Poirot and Hastings are on holiday in Deauville and receive a visit from Paul Renauld, who believes he's being cheated by Chileans. Renauld is kidnapped and his body is later found buried in a new golf bunker. French detective Giraud unwisely challenges Poirot to catch the killer before he can.

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   7.9/10(22 votes)

   #5 - The Theft of the Royal Ruby

   S3:E92/24/1991

   Poirot prepares to spend a quiet Christmas on his own with a box of chocolates, but he has to give up his plans when the British government asks for his urgent help. Prince Farouk, a young member of the Egyptian royal family visiting London, has lost a famous ruby, and this is deemed to be a matter of national security.

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   7.9/10(21 votes)

   #6 - Hickory Dickory Dock

   S6:E22/12/1995

   A string of thefts at a student hostel run by Miss Lemon's sister ends in death and Poirot has a number of plots and sub-plots to untangle. A certain mouse is the only witness to a string of murders.

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   7.8/10(24 votes)

   #7 - The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

   S3:E82/17/1991

   Poirot is called in to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband, and he is invited to a dinner party which goes horribly wrong.

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   7.7/10(23 votes)

   #8 - The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

   S3:E31/13/1991

   The London and Scottish Bank is sending a huge shipment of Liberty Bonds to New York on the liner Queen Mary. Poirot, who suffers terribly from sea-sickness, is asked to see the bonds safely across the Atlantic.

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   7.7/10(24 votes)

   #9 - Lord Edgware Dies

   S7:E22/19/2000

   Lady Edgware has a dilemma in that her husband has consistently refused to give her a divorce. She asks Hercule Poirot to visit the man and see if there is any possibility of convincing him. When Lord Edgware is found dead, there is no great surprise, but there are a good number of suspects.

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    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #10 - Dead Man's Mirror

    S5:E72/28/1993

    When Poirot investigates the mysterious death of a despised art dealer, he finds that he has more than enough suspects from whom to choose.

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    7.7/10(19 votes)

    #11 - Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

    S5:E83/7/1993

    Mrs. Opalsen's famous pearls are stolen and Poirot is happily on hand to investigate. A complex theft calls for a sophisticated solution. Unfortunately, Poirot is hindered everywhere he goes by being mistaken for 'Lucky Len'.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - The Inheritance

    S3:E44/26/1986

    An old man and his beautiful daughter live alone in the ancient castle of Caerleon. They are about to be attacked by a horde of brigands led to the castle by a former employee of the old man's. This traitor knows there is a priceless treasure in the castle, but never found out exactly what it was. The daughter seeks out Robin Hood to defend her, her father and the treasure that is beyond price. Robin must ultimately make a staggering choice of loyalty.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Sheriff of Nottingham

    S3:E55/3/1986

    Robert de Rainault, high Sheriff of Nottingham, failing one time too many to end the activities of Robin Hood, is dismissed by the king and replaced by Philip Mark, "The Butcher of Lincoln". Mark captures six villagers from Wickham and sends out word that Robin Hood must turn himself in or the captives will die the next noon, and six more the day after that until Robin is captured. Nasir must face the new Sheriff's servant, Sarak, a masked assassin out of the Saracen's past.

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    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Adam Bell

    S3:E95/31/1986

    The Sheriff's young nephew, Martin, is kidnapped by Adam Bell, an ageing outlaw who was the Robin Hood of his day, but now robs only for himself. The Sheriff, using his hostage, Much, as a bargaining chip, persuades Robin to rescue the boy from Bell.

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    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #15 - The Double Clue

    S3:E72/10/1991

    Japp (who is really worried that failure could cost him his job) seeks Poirot's help in investigating a series of jewel thefts, and two remarkable things happen. Poirot falls in love (with the beautiful and clever Countess Vera Rossakoff) and he also meets a criminal intellect which he finds worthy of him. As the countess is his main suspect, Poirot spends most of his time with her - which for once leaves Hastings and Miss Lemon to do most of the actual detective work. In the end, this case may have to be put down as the one that got away.

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    7.3/10(22 votes)

    #16 - The Killings at Badger's Drift

    S1:E13/23/1997

    An elderly woman is found dead in her cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not down to natural causes

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    7.3/10(18 votes)

    #17 - Written in Blood

    S1:E23/22/1998

    Gerald Hadleigh, secretary of a writers' circle, is found battered to death the morning after the group's meeting with best-selling novelist (and former psycho-therapist) Max Jennings. Gerald did not want to invite Max to Midsomer Worthy, and he seemed apprehensive about the visit.Barnaby's investigations show that Gerald was a man of mystery - he had no National Insurance number, no family, and no marriage certficate to go with his wedding photographs. And it seems he had a mysterious woman visitor on the night of his death... then Max Jennings goes missing and is found dead.

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    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Death's Shadow

    S2:E11/20/1999

    Barnaby and Troy are in Badger's Drift again, this time to investigate the murder of an unpopular property developer called Richard Bayly who had been suffering from a brain tumour. Bayly had recently come up with plans to build a new housing estate in the sleepy village, despite determined local opposition, and he was killed with an Indian sword belonging to Stephen Wentworth, the local Vicar. Another interesting factor is the recent arrival in the village of Simon Fletcher, a theatre director with unhappy childhood memories and perhaps an old grievance.

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    6.8/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Strangler's Wood

    S2:E22/3/1999

    Nine years after a series of unsolved murders at Midsomer Worthy, a new death which follows the same pattern (a girl is found strangled in the woods) leads to fears that the serial killer is back in business. Barnaby and Troy look out the old files in dealing with the first new murder - and then others follow.

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    6.7/10(14 votes)

    #20 - Judgement Day

    S3:E31/29/2000

    Midsomer Mallow has a shot at the Perfect Village title, provided it can keep a murderer at bay.

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    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #21 - Dead Man's Eleven

    S2:E39/12/1999

    Troy is in the Midsomer Worthy cricket eleven for the annual match against Fletchers Cross, so he is on the spot when the wife of Robert Cavendish, the Team Captain and a big local landowner, is found bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat. As often happens, the death toll mounts before the killer can be unmasked. Why should the cricket team's scorer be stabbed to death with a Nazi dagger at the following match? Cavendish, as a mine owner, may have been responsible for the 'accidental' deaths of two of his employees in years gone by. If someone is out for revenge, who is it? Meanwhile, a protest march to maintain footpaths across Cavendish's land finds a foot-bridge has been sabotaged, and their leader takes a ducking...

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