Alexi Kaye Campbell

Suspecting that the secret lover of a Victorian Era poet was a female writer thought to be a lesbian, researcher Roland pairs up with fellow academic Maud to investigate the link.

An American scholar (Aaron Eckhart) discovers that Victorian-era poet Randolph Ash (Jeremy Northam) had a secret affair with lesser-known poet Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle) -- the subject of another scholar's (Gwyneth Paltrow) studies -- even though Ash was married and LaMotte was a "chaste spinster." As the two academics investigate the romance between their subjects, they find themselves wrapped up in the drama as well.

An archaeologist's beautiful but unpopular wife is murdered while the couple is in the Middle East excavating an historical site, and the baffled local authorities ask the vacationing Poirot to take on the case. David Suchet stars in this 2-hour adaptation of one of Agatha Christie's best-known tales, which was shot on location in Tunisia and London.