Since Poirot has been retired between July 1932 and May 1933 (see 'Poirot Timeline'), the fact that they haven't seen each other for six months is far more likely. Also, both the bizarre comment on the six month absence and the trip to the Amazon would work better in a 1933 setting. The main argument in favour of this solution is a) the fact that Poirot and Hastings cannot possibly have been apart for almost the entire year in 1936, and b) there is no way Hastings would have had the time to go on a four-day holiday to the Amazon between Evil under the Sun and this case.
However, Hastings is seeing a female student of architecture, so he can't have met Bella yet.Īfter much thought, I've decided that it is absolutely neccesary to ignore the year of this particular episode (1936). The episode has a very autumnal feel, which would suggest autumn 1936. He assumed office on 22 December 1935, so the episode will have to be set after that. The Foreign Secretary, Sir Anthony Eden, is mentioned. Others, considering that these two episodes had the same script writer,Īnthony Horowitz, who for those who know his later work, the excellent Foyle's War, is known for historical accuracy). (I must admit this particular reference error annoys me more than the How can Hastings have a ranch in the Argentine in 1934 – before having met Bella in Murder on the Links? You when you were living in the Argentine? – Yes, two years ago, but Reason for Poirot being in the Argentine in the first place is said toīe Hastings: “You will recall, Hastings, that you once asked me to visit This day is probably in spring or earlyĪutumn, but for the sake of chronology, I place it in September. Main story takes place in 1934, during a General Strike in theĪrgentine (where did that come from?).
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