The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge is a short story written by Agatha Christie, which was first published in 1923. In 1924, the story appeared as part of the anthology Poirot Investigates.Belgian investigator Hercule Poirot, now London based, tasks his friend Arthur Hastings with solving a murder that is more like a riddle. It occurs at a hunting lodge. The owner has been murdered, and his nephew, Mr Roger Havering requests Poirot to investigate the murder of his uncle at his hunting lodge in Derbyshire. Poirot is ill in bed and so Hastings travels there while Poirot solves the case by remote control.