Plot Summary for
"Agatha Christie's Poirot" The Lost Mine (1990)

Hercule Poirot is hired by Lord Pearson, who happens to the head of the bank where Poirot keeps his accounts, to find Mr. Wu Ling who was to have attended a meeting at the bank hat morning, but has disappeared. The missing man was to sell the bank a deed to a silver mine. When the man is found dead, finds himself searching for a killer. All of the evidence seems to point to an American, Charles Lester, but Poirot finds that to be just a little too convenient. At home, Poirot and Captain Hastings find themselves involved in a vicious game of Monopoly! Written by garykmcd

Chinese businessman Han Wu Ling has discovered a map leading to the location of a long-lost silver mine. He agrees to sell it to the London and Shanghai Bank, where Lord Pearson has called a meeting of the board of directors in order to purchase the map. But Mr. Wu Ling fails to attend the meeting, and is later found dead in Chinatown. The lead suspect, an American stock investor and speculator, is found with Mr. Wu Ling's passport. But nothing is simple as the investigation leads to opium dens, drugs, gambling, and the seedy underside of life in London. Written by Spirit

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