Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun

Agatha Christie: Evil under the Sun

by
AWE Games

Walkthrough by
MaGtRo  October 2007

Gameplay:   
This is a third person point and click game.

The main menu has play (new game), load game, options,
credits and exit. The options menu has the music volume, effects volume,
brightness, text captions, 3D shadows, animated effects, fog-haze-clouds
effects, particle effects and antialiasing selections.

Move the cursor to the top of the screen to access the
taskbar. The taskbar has access to in game menu (Inn) at left, character
picture, briefcase (inventory) and notebook (documents, suspects…).

The in game menu is also accessed also by ESC key or
Inn button left
of the taskbar. It has resume game, save game, load game, options and main menu.

To save game, click on a blank square and type in a
label for that saved game; then click OK button. The saves can also be
overwritten by clicking on a picture of the old saved game.

The inventory menu is accessed by right mouse click or
click on the inventory icon (briefcase) at top of the screen. There are scroll
arrows at top corners to see all the items. Right click of mouse also returns
items picked up from the inventory frame.

Double click an item in inventory will show a close up
of that item with a description. A magnifying lens when clicked on will provide
additional information.

The dialogues can be hastened by left mouse click.
Double click on the legs icon at end of frames hastens transition to next
screen.

This walkthrough is
just one way of gameplay. The game is non-linear and can be played in different
sequences of events.

Act 1

London September 7, 1940

Poirot’s Office – Present time:    

Hercule Poirot is in his office with black curtains drawn due to World War II
blackout in England.  Arthur Hastings listens to Poirot while he recounts
his summer vacation that involved a murder at Smuggler’s Rest Hotel in Seadrift
Island; the case
that he solved in a day. Poirot will guide Hastings through the investigation.
Hastings (the gamer) will be Poirot and investigate the murder.

Finger of Suspicion
– Poirot shows Hastings the Finger of Suspicion given by a Wizard from Manchester. You can use it to
select any of the suspects and get hints.

Poirot also challenges
Hastings to solve the mystery of the Finger of Suspicion. He will give 7 clues
throughout the evening and then will see the true genius behind the Finger of
Suspicion.

The first clue is Power.

Seadrift Island South
Devon 1703:    A Ghost beckons a drunken man to enter the
Pub. The ghost throws a dart to a board and goes down the stairs. The footprints
go
through the wall in the basement with an etched dartboard.

Near Brixham South Devon
1940:     A young schoolgirl runs through the forest chased
and then strangled by a cloaked person.

Near Brixham South Devon
Spring 1940:    A ritual is performed by 4 cloaked persons on a
straw doll. A man in bed cries in pain.

Explore the office to
get necessary items to use during your investigation.

Take the notepad
on Poirot’s desk. This will be placed in the taskbar at top of page. The
notebook will reference Poirot’s instructions, suspects, documents and stopwatch
timing.

Turn right and go forward to the cabinet and look
close at the Sorcerer’s Apprentice book signed by Bill Nicholls.

Go right and look at the map of Seadrift Island. There
are colored pushpins at bottom right that signify different character in the
story.

Take
the briefcase left of the door and this will be the inventory in the
taskbar. There are coins (pocket money) already there.

Turn right and take the stopwatch from the side
table. This will be at right of the taskbar. Look in the mirror.

The door is another way to exit the game.

Turn right and look close at the case file boxes on
the shelves.

Take the case files on Corrigan, Parsons, Drugs and shipwreck.
Read the information in the notebook.

Alice Corrigan’s body was found strangled
at the downs in Totnes.

Milly Parsons, a student at Miss Porter’s School was
also strangled.

A drug smuggling ring was apprehended on the beach
below Carey Spit.

The shipwreck news refers to the case in ‘And Then
There were None’.

Take the
picture of Poirot and Hastings on the wall. This will be the way to move from-to
the story at Seadrift Island back-to Poirot’s office.

August 24, Morning

Smuggler’s Rest Hotel at Seadrift Island

Click on Hastings’ picture at the taskbar to be at the
Smuggler’s Rest Hotel. You will be Hastings that guides Poirot during this
investigation.

Check the hotel and the suspects:

Poirot’s Room:    Look around.
Outside is the veranda that can access the other rooms. Enter and check the
bathroom at right screen. Exit the room through the main door.

Hotel rooms at top floor:   
Look around and see that the hallway on the left will lead to a lookout tower at top
of stairs. We will check that later.

Talk to Gladys Narracot, the maid dusting at bottom
right from Poirot’s room.

She is upset with Will Jenks. Talk to her completely.
Learn about Tom Cutter’s ghost that haunts the pub.

Go down to right screen, down the hall and click on
the spiral stairs at far end.

Reception desk:    Go to bottom
screen.

Talk to Mrs. Hilary Castle, the hotel manager completely.

Take a
Seadrift Island brochure from the reception desk. Double click the brochure
in inventory to learn about the history of Seadrift Island.

Hotel office:    Go behind the reception desk and enter through the
door to the Hotel Office.

Talk to Mrs. Castle again. Learn about the missing
wire recorder. It disappeared on evening of August 19th. That was the day Arlena
Stuart arrived.

Click on items on the desk that needs to be inspected
when Mrs. Castle is not around. Exit the office.

Hotel foyer:    Go left of
reception desk, left of the door and see the main entrance.

Look close at the Guest Registry on the stand by left
post. There will now be ‘suspects’ in the notebook. Read the data about the
guests.

Go to top screen and take the motor magazine on the chair.
Double click the magazine in inventory to get a close look and then use
the magnifying lens to see a procedure on how to clean points.

Suntrap bar:   
Enter the door at top of the screen.

Talk to Henry Bailey, the bartender completely.

Go to bottom screen. Check the piano. Look at the trash can right of
the main door. Take the empty bottle of grenadine.

Exit through the big doors and then
enter the door on the left.

Dining room:    Go down the hallway
and enter the double doors on the left.

Take an empty drinking glass from
the pushcart left of the door. The cart contains coffee flasks.

Go down the screen and talk to Rosamund
Darnley, the famous dressmaker completely. Learn about her missing typewriter.
It was missing August 20.

Exit the dining room.

Go through the door on top of screen. Go forward twice and exit through the main hotel door.
Go forward on the paved road. Go down the road twice.

Smugglers End Pub:   

Talk to John North, the bearded man with the binocular
standing in front of the pub.

Follow North by clicking the shadow cursor on North. 

Sea Tractor Landing:    Click on right screen and Poirot
refuses to wade.

At the landing, look close at the tractor ferry board.
See the note that states to use the phone to call the sea tractor.

Go back to the hotel and on the way check the locked
door of the pub.

Rocky Beach:    At the main hotel door, take the path at top of
screen.

Go around the hotel and pick up the rock outside the door that
goes to the reception desk and is left of the stairs.

Continue to the right and
talk to Emily Brewster, ballet teacher. Take another rock right of Emily. 
Go back to front of hotel.

Lounge chairs:   
Take the path at bottom right of game screen and
behind the wall.

Talk to Christine Redfern sitting on a lounge chair overlooking the sea and in
front of the deck of the Bathing beach.

See a
red sailboat steered by Howard Blatt. Patrick, her husband is swimming.

Bathing beach:    Go down the stairs
to the beach.

Talk to Major Montague Barry, the women observer
completely. He shows dogs.

Talk to George Strumm, the groundskeeper. He saw the
ghost by the pub.

Go left to the sea edge. Pick up the cord buried in sand at
left. Click on the water.

Go up the stairs and then go right at the path.

Ledges:   

Eavesdrop on the couple at the picturesque lookout
point by clicking the ear icon on them.

Talk to the Gardeners (Carrie and Oakley). After
leaving the lookout, eavesdrop again on the Gardeners.

Cutter’s Cove:    Continue to the right of the screen
and see another deck.

Look at the broken
ladder to the beach. Pick up the 2 posts left of the deck.

Island Summit:    Go right and up
the hill to an empty clearing. Look around and then go back down the path.

Go right and then up to the tennis court.

Tennis court:    See Kenneth
Marshall and his wife Arlena.

Kenneth states that Arlena Stuart Marshall
received 2 threatening notes already. Talk to Kenneth completely. The
first one came August 20th. He left to type letters. Read the 2 threatening
letters in documents in the notebook.

Look at the tennis court and see a low spot near the
net. See a rake on the wire basket close to the wired fence.

Go back down the path. Go left and then go left again
close to the cliff edge.

Monastery ruins:    Go up to the
ruined monastery. Look around.

Talk to Stephen Lane, the former vicar completely.
There’s an oar at the center of a stone ring. He gives chicken feathers
with blood
taken from the edge of the stone ring. Learn about the Bacchus temple. 

Look close at the Monk’s door left of the arched
entrance covered by ivies. Move the ivies away from the door and try the door. The door looks
like it’s been used recently.

Look close at the circular stone at top wall. There’s
an entrance to a tunnel down there.

Click on the oar at center of the stone ring. Exit the
monastery.

Continue on the path close to the cliff edge.

Sanctuary Cove:       
Go down the stairs right of the lounge chairs.

Talk to Linda Marshall completely. She wants a
guillemot blind.

Blind:    Use the 2 stones, the 2
posts and the cord on the brush Linda was working on.

Bathing beach:    Go back to
bathing beach at other end of the cliff side path.

See a couple on a wooden float in the water. Click on
the wooden float. Arlena Marshall and Patrick Redfern are seen by Christine
Redfern.

Act
2

Poirot’s Office – Present time:        Automatically be back at Poirot’s office.

Poirot expresses his opinion on how to
continue the investigation. He advises Hastings to know
the residents of Leathercombe Bay.

Finger of Suspicion
– The second clue is Lamp.

Click on Hastings icon
on the taskbar.

August 24th,
Afternoon

Seadrift Island

Examine the rooms in the hotel:

Poirot’s room:    Automatically
be back
in Poirot’s room. Gladys, the maid is still upset.

Go to the bathroom and take fresh towels from the rack.

Cleaning cart –
Exit the room and look close at the maid’s cleaning cart.

Take the scissors,
brush and detergent.

Go back inside Poirot’s
room. Exit through the balcony door and be at the veranda.

*Stephen Lane’s room:
    Go to the left and enter the door left of Poirot’s room.

Read the bible on the
table that is opened to Revelation 2:20.

Go to the bathroom and
look inside the medicine cabinet above the sink. Take the mineral oil
bottle and 2 tablets from the bottle at lower shelf.

Exit through the balcony
door.

Major Montague Barry’s room:   
Enter the door right of Poirot’s room.

*Check the betting
receipts on the side table.

Look close at the
suitcase on top of the bed. Use the scissors on the leather strap. Check
the pillows.

Exit through main door.

Mrs. Hilary Castle at
Lookout tower:     Climb the stairs to the lookout tower at top.

Talk to Mrs. Castle completely. Major Barry will be at the Monk’s Hood at Leathercombe
Bay. She checks for U-boats. Albert Bagley runs the pub. Colonel
Weston is in town.

She wants a book – Love’s Captive to be returned to
the library. She gives the binoculars.
The book errand is added to Poirot’s Instructions.

*Turn right twice and use
the binoculars. See Major Barry on his red sailed sailboat. The boat looks like it’s
named Parsimony. Turn right and use the
binoculars again and see a periscope of a submarine.

Go down the stairs and
forward to the hallway at other side of the inner balcony. Before the spiral staircase, use the right
door to get to the veranda.

The Marshall’s room:   
Go to the second to the left door and try the door.

Eavesdrop on the conversation between
Kenneth and Arlena. They talk about the threatening notes. Hear about Patrick Redfern.

Rosamund
Darnley’s room:    Go left and enter the second to the left door
from the Marshall’s.

Check the suitcase on top of the bed. It has RD
on it. Open and take blank typing paper.

Exit through the main door. Go down to the spiral staircase.

Mrs. Castle’s office:   
Go through the door behind the reception desk.

*Look at the calendar on the desk and see August 2, 11,
17 and 21 have U marks for U-boat sightings.

Move the
frame on the right and take the silver key. Move the frame back.

Look close at the green
felt under the bust on the desk. Click again and see that the felt is a bit
torn. Click on the felt to see a plate with a keyhole. Use the silver key on the
keyhole. Take the gold key.

Open the top drawer and
take the hotel floor plan. Look close at the floor plan in inventory.
Close the top drawer.

*Go to the safe at the corner and use the gold key on
the keyhole. See an oil lantern, code book and German 2-way radio. Check the
documents in the notebook to learn the codes. Exit the office.

Patio:    Enter the door left of
the reception desk. Go forward pass the dining room door and exit out to the
patio.

Eavesdrop on Kenneth
Marshall and Rosamund Darnley. Hear Rosa ask Kenneth why he doesn’t divorce
Arlena.

Island Summit:     Go down the path
at bottom screen and then up the hill to the Island
Summit.

See Oakley Gardener checking the ground. Talk to him completely.

Today
August 24th is their anniversary. Poirot will look for a present for Carrie.
This is added to Poirot’s Instructions.

Sanctuary Cove:   
Go down the path and continue to take the path by the cliff side.

Go down the stairs and talk to Linda Marshall about
the guillemots.

The guillemot is oil covered and Linda needs help
catching it. A task is added to the to do list.

Cutter’s Cove:   
Go back to the cliff side path and forward until seeing the Redferns.

Eavesdrop on Christine and Patrick Redfern. Hear the discussion about Arlena.

Talk to Patrick
completely. He knows the area when he was a boy. There’s a Cutter’s cave at the
cove.

Ledges:   
Continue down the path.

Talk to Carrie Gardener knitting a shawl. Oakley had
financial problems with a major movie star that took the money.

Poirot will look
for a gift for Oakley and another instruction added.

Bathing beach:   
Continue down the path and go down to the beach at next deck.

Shed – Open the
shed and take the oar, boat varnish and swimming float.

Beach – Go close
to the water’s edge. *Use the binoculars on the swimming float. Something is
caught on the float. Life ring buoy?

Cutter’s Cove:   
Go up to the path.

Go back to Patrick Redfern at the deck above Cutter’s Cove.

Talk to Patrick about the thing caught on the swimming float. His goggles are
broken. He gives the broken goggles to be repaired. This gets added to
Poirot’s to do list – Instructions.

Goggles – In
inventory, combine broken goggles with leather strap to get goggles with
strap.

Go to the hotel bar.

Pick up ice
pick at end of the bar.

In inventory, combine
goggles with strap with ice pick to get goggles.

Go back to Patrick at
Cutter’s Cove and talk to him. Automatically give the goggles.

He goes and swims to the
Bathing beach and retrieves the ruined life ring.

Look at ruined
life ring in inventory and read that the word Parsimony is on the side.

Monastery ruins:   
Go left to the cliff side path and go to the Monastery ruins.

Tunnel – Look
close at the round ornate stone on the wall. Use the oar on the round stone. The
stone wheel is moved to reveal an entrance to the tunnel.

Enter the tunnel and
look around. Look at the Roman stones by the wall.

Go forward until the big area. Take the
gold coin – 1689 Guinea from the ground.

The other paths can not
be checked yet. We need something to show proper direction.

Exit the tunnel and the
ruins.

Go down the path, turn
right at the junction and forward back to the hotel. Enter and go to the hotel
rooms at top floor.

Carrie Gardener:   
Go forward from the spiral stairs and right to the room at the corner – room 3.

Use the
door and automatically give Carrie the gold coin. She gives the shawl.
One to be done task crossed off in the Poirot’s list.

Exit the hotel.

Sanctuary Cove:    Go
back to Sanctuary Cove and the oil covered guillemot.

Use the shawl on the guillemot. Linda takes the bird.
Another task added to the to-do list.

Rocky cove:    Go back to the
hotel. Go to the path towards Rocky Cove.

See Major Barry standing with eyes popping out of his
head.

Go forward and talk to
Arlena Marshall. She got another threatening letter.

Sea Tractor Landing:   
Go to front of hotel and down the paved path to the landing. Use the telephone
to call for a sea tractor.

Leathercombe Bay

Sea crossing:   
Will Jenks will talk about people and the island during the crossing.

Will Jenks Garage: 
  See the sea tractor call phone right of the building.

Enter the
building and talk to Will Jenks completely. 

Poirot says that he will talk
to Linda to clear up the situation between Linda and Gladys. Another task added
to the to-do list.

Check the table and see
that you can not pick up the 3 tools on the table.

Exit the building and go
to the village at the end of the path.

Chemist-Library-Post
Office:    Enter the first door on the right.

Chemist – Talk to
Adelaide Hughes. She is missing letters.

Take the spatula. Try to touch
the test tubes on the shelf behind Adelaide.

Click on and get the cough syrup
(red bottle)
at second shelf. Check it in inventory and see that it has pomegranate juice.

Lending Library –
Go to the right counter.

Talk to Adelaide. Ask about the wild birds book first
and then borrow it for 50 pence.

The knitting book costs one pound and 6
shillings. Poirot needs money.

Post Office – Go to the left counter.

Talk to Adelaide. Click on the paper on the counter
and select the bank address (Fagin and Sons, New Commerce Bank).

Click on Chloe, the cat.
See
and click on envelope behind the cabinet and Chloe.

*Take a St. Patrick
brochure right of the exit door. Exit the store.

Monk’s Hood Pub:    Go forward
down the road and enter the door on the left.

See a Great Dane sitting under the life ring buoy.

Colonel Weston –
Go to right screen and talk to Col. Weston completely.

Learn that the sightings
of the U-boats do not match Hilary’s sightings.

Weston loaned the Smugglers End
Pub key and the stethoscope to Poirot.

Horace Blatt –
Talk to the sitting man. Hairdresser!

Albert Bagley – Go to the bar and talk to
Albert.

Learn about Baskerville, the dog and that Tom Cutter
is a good dart player. Tonight is the anniversary of Tom Cutter’s death. There’s
a painting that has a clue about Tom Cutter’s treasure; a copy is on the wall of
the chemist. (I didn’t find this painting). He is seen standing at the Island Summit looking north.

Garage:   
Go back to Will Jenks’s garage to go back to Seadrift Island.

Seadrift Island

Poirot’s room:   
Go back to the hotel and to Poirot’s room.

Go to the bathroom and see that Linda has the bird in
the tub. Click on Linda or the faucet. Need instructions on cleaning the bird.

*Clean the oil covered
bird

In inventory, double click the Birding on Devon Shores book. Use the
magnifying lens to read the book. Now that Poirot knows the procedure, he can
start the process.

In inventory, combine the
brush and the oil to get brush with oil. Use the brush with oil on the
tub or Linda.

In inventory, combine the
brush and detergent to get brush with detergent. Use the brush with
detergent on the tub or Linda.

Use the faucet and then
give the towels to Linda. One task crossed off on the to do list.

Smugglers End Pub:   
Exit the hotel and go down the paved path.

Use the key loaned by
Col. Weston on the door.

Look close at the
dartboard and note the N on 20 N, N on 19 and E on 15 notations.

Go down the stairs. Look at the dartboard on the brick
wall. There are 3 holes under 20.

There’s an active spot
on the barrels at left. Exit the pub.

Landing:   
Call for the sea tractor. Listen to clues given by Will during these crossings.

Leathercombe Bay

Chemist-Post Office-Library:
   Enter the shop.

Linda – Startle Linda. She has lots of candles.

Talk to Linda about Will
and Gladys. One more task crossed off the to do list.

Post Office – Talk
to Adelaide about telegram. Get bank funds.

Library – Talk to Adelaide. Get the knitting book.

*Buy the sketchpad
that is on display on the counter.

Will Jenks garage:    
Go to Will and cross the bay.

Seadrift Island

Go back to the hotel. Take the path on the left before
the hotel door.

Oakley Gardener – Talk to Gardener and automatically give him
the knitting book.

Act 3

Poirot’s Office – Present time:        
Automatically be back at Poirot’s office.

Poirot expresses his opinion on how to
continue the investigation. He advises Hastings to remove the red
herrings in the case and to not forget about the murder of the young girl and
the ritual shown.

Finger of Suspicion
– The third clue is Desk.

Click on Hastings icon
on the taskbar.

August 24, 1940 Evening

Seadrift Island

Poirot’s room:   
A knock is heard.

Open the door and talk to Kenneth Marshall. A photograph of Arlena was stolen from his room. His balcony door was left opened.

Exit through the balcony
door.

Montague Barry’s
room:    Enter the door on the right of Poirot’s.

Go to the bed and look
close at the pillow. Move the pillow and *take Arlena’s picture. Look close
at it in inventory.

Barry comes in. Talk to
him completely. Poirot discusses the training of the dog at Leathercombe Bay.

Exit through the main
door.

Linda Marshall’s
room:    Check the first door left of the hallway, Linda
Marshall’s room.

Use the stethoscope on
door after Poirot says to listen closer.

Hear Linda say some
ritual French words. I beat you, I break you, I curse you.

The Gardener’s room:   
Check room 3 at right corner of the inner balcony.

Use the stethoscope on
door after Poirot says to listen closer. Hear the Gardeners’ talk about their
problem.

Go down the hallway and
exit through the balcony door right of the spiral staircase.

Kenneth Marshall’s
room:    Enter the second door on the balcony.

Typewriter – Go
forward and check the typewriter on the desk.

Place a blank paper
taken from Rosamund Darnley’s room on the typewriter.

Click on keys of
typewriter to get a sample. Take the typed paper and see that it does not match

the threatening letters.

Exit the room through
the balcony door.

The Redfern’s room:   

See Patrick on the balcony. Talk to Patrick. After Poirot’s advice, Patrick
leaves.

Enter the last room at
the balcony.

Typewriter – Go
forward and check the typewriter under the bed.

Place a blank paper on the typewriter.

Click on keys of
typewriter to get a sample. Take the typed paper and see that it does not match

the threatening letters.

*Automatically take
Darnley’s typewriter.

Exit the room through
the main door.

Go down to the main
level. Go left of the reception area and go through the door.

Dining room:    Enter the door on the
left.

Talk to the Gardener’s. Exit the Dining room.

Exit the hotel through
the front door of the hotel.

Smuggler’s Inn Pub:   
Go down the paved road to the Inn.

*See Tom Cutter’s ghost.
Use the shadow icon on it.

Enter the pub and go
down the stairs.

Look close at the wet
footprints on the cellar floor. Look at the dart target on the brick wall.

Exit the pub and go back
to the hotel.

Kenneth Marshall:   
Take the path left of the paved road going to the cliff side.

Save game here.
Talk to Kenneth Marshall about the picture.

When time to ask a
specific question as a reward for finding the photograph, select wisely. If not
correct question, go back to saved game or look for him later and ask the
correct one.

The correct question is
about daughter’s difficulty at school.

Ledges:   
Continue down the cliff side path.

See Arlena and Patrick at the Ledges.
Eavesdrop on them.

Island Summit:    Continue to the left of
the cliff side path. Take the shovel at the path’s crossroad.

Monastery ruins:   

Enter the ruins and talk to Emily Brewster.

She asked Poirot to solve the murder
of Millie Parsons.

Learn all about the rector under suspicion, Miss Porter’s
School, voodoo ritual and the teacher that left.

Christine Redfern at
the patio:     Go back towards the hotel. Take the path
at right and go pass the tennis court.

Talk to Christine. The
sketchpad is given as gift.