The BEST episodes written by Sylvie Simon

#1 - Cards On The Table

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 6

Superintendent Laurence and Alice Avril are invited to dinner by an odd collector, who wants to introduce them to four killers who have pulled off the perfect crime – the one that goes unpunished. But in the course of this strange evening, Shaitana keels over dead. Who’s the killer amongst these four suspects?

#2 - Hickory Dickory Dock

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 8

Marlène asks for Laurence's help on a case involving her sister Solange, who runs a boarding house where a young woman dropped dead of poisoning.

#3 - The Pale Horse

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 13

Sybille, a psychic operating in a funfair, offers to cast a spell that can kill your worst enemy at a distance! Laurence doesn’t believe such twaddle until one of Avril’s friends suddenly dies from a striking case of flu. The Chief Inspector has to admit it might be a case of murder...

#4 - Why Didn't They Ask Martin? (Why Not Martin?)

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 4

Avril comes to a dying man's rescue on a cliff. While she hears his last words, she notices a small woman's portrait next to him. She seeks help at the nearby village, but when she returns, the man has died and the photo is missing. Commissioner Laurence gets on the case: who was that man? And who is this mysterious woman in the photo?

#5 - Three Act Tragedy

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 21

August is not looking good for Alice. Overdrawn at the bank, she cannot afford to go on vacation and so decides to take acting classes. She is stunned when she meets her teacher: he is Laurence’s perfect doppelganger! Despite his long hair and glasses, he looks just like the police officer’s identical twin. When a young actor collapses during a class and turns out to have been poisoned, the coach, Herbert, is the prime suspect. Naturally, Laurence loathes the man on sight. So who does Marlène inevitably fall head over heels in love with? Laurence’s double, of course!

#6 - Evil Under the Sun (A Crazy Case)

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 24

#7 - They Do It with Mirrors

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 1

Doctor Bousquet heads a reintegration center for offenders. His family is not so fond of the presence of criminals and the sick in their home. Commissioner Laurence leads the investigation into two murders in the center and tries to get rid of curious journalist Alice Avril without much success. There is not much love in the family of doctor Bousquet. Are it actually Dr. Bousquet's patients who are dangerous?

#8 - Appointment with Death (Rendezvous With Death)

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 26

#9 - Taken at the Flood

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 1 - Episode 8

When a popular young girl marries a millionaire who could be her grandfather, and the bad tongues go wild. But when he dies in an arson attack and the family discovers a will in favor of the young widow, the police get involved. The whole family relied on the inheritance and stands as one man against the young woman and against her brother, a disturbing adventurer. Who is the girl really? A white goose or an unscrupulous manipulator?

#10 - A Murder is Announced (Murder Party)

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 11

Marlène is puzzled by an ad in the paper for a "murder party". Laurence believes it's a joke, but at set time, a man interrupts the party violently and drops dead.

#11 - Towards Zero (Zero Hour)

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 25

#12 - Sparkling Cyanide

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 2 - Episode 2

Elvire Morenkova had everything one could dream of. She was a beautiful, rich, famous movie star, but committed suicide during a shoot. Immensely rich, Elvira had lovers and enemies, and Commissioner Laurence doesn't believe she died by her own hand.

#13 - The Body in the Library

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 1 - Episode 9

After a very drunken night, Commissioner Larosière wakes up with the corpse of a young woman in his bed! He has no memory of what happened and realizes with horror that he is now the number one suspect in a murder case. Especially since the girl is a prostitute who worked in a brothel where Larosière had his habits. While Larosière is imprisoned, Lampion struggles to prove his boss's innocence. The commissioner manages to escape, and it is hidden from the Blue Bird (in other words like a rooster in paste!) that he will lead the investigation of Lampion to confuse the real one.

#14 - Five Little Pigs

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie - Season 1 - Episode 7

Emma Vargas was convicted of poisoning her husband, a famous painter and womanizer. But was she really guilty? Without physical evidence or fingerprints, Lampion and Larosière will have to solve the riddle thanks to the different and contradictory accounts of the five main suspects. Reopening a fifteen-year-old business is not easy...