Murder in Three Acts 1986 Hercule Poirots assistant, Hastings, calls him down to Acapulco in Mexico where he can write his memoirs but Hastings drags him to a party populated with Hastings new friends Theres Janet Crisp the writer, Daisy Eastman and her daughter Egg, Ricardo Montoya, Dr Strange, Miss Milray the housekeeper and Charles Cartwright the famous American actor But at the party another guest Rev Babbington dies from poisoning and when Dr Strange also dies from poisoning, Poirot must swing into action before the serial killer strikes again