Hercule Poirot British government, including foiling the attempted abduction of the Prime Minister. Readers were told that the British authorities had learned of Poirot's keen investigative ability from certain members of Belgium's royal family. After the war Poirot became a private detective and began undertaking civilian cases. He moved into what became both his home and work address, Flat 203 at 56B Whitehaven Mansions. Hastings first visits the flat when he returns to England in June 1935 from Argentina in "The A.B.C. Murders", Chapter 1. The TV programmes place this in Florin Court, Charterhouse Square, in the wrong part of London. According
Dark Mansions Dark Mansions Dark Mansions is a 1986 television film starring Joan Fontaine, Michael York, Linda Purl, Paul Shenar, Melissa Sue Anderson, Steve Inwood, Lois Chiles, Nicollette Sheridan, Raymond St. Jacques, Grant Aleksander, Yves André Martin, and Dan O'Herilhy. Produced by Aaron Spelling and Douglas S. Cramer, "Dark Mansions" was shot as a pilot for a potential TV series cross between "Dynasty" and "Dark Shadows". The project was not ordered to series, and aired as television movie. It was directed by Jerry London and written by Anthony Lawrence, Nancy Lawrence and Robert McCullough. Hired to interview and write a book about