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Agatha Christie's Poirot Episode Guide - inaf iasf bologna

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<strong>Agatha</strong> Christie’s <strong>Poirot</strong> <strong>Episode</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

its dull buckled shoes. He is skeptical of the theory that Mrs. Chapman has killed Mabelle and<br />

fled. Sure enough, once the dental records are produced by Morley’s successor at the surgery, it<br />

is discovered that the corpse is Mrs. Chapman’s. The hunt for Mabelle continues.<br />

<strong>Poirot</strong> is now drawn into the life of the Blunt family. An attempt is made on Alistair Blunt’s life<br />

at which Raikes is a bystander. <strong>Poirot</strong> is invited down to Blunt’s house, where he is persuaded to<br />

undertake a search for Mabelle. While he is there, a second attempt is made on Blunt’s life, but it<br />

is seemingly thwarted by Raikes. The pistol used in the attack is found in the hand of none other<br />

than Frank Carter, who has taken a job as gardener at the house under a false identity. When<br />

a maid at the surgery admits to having seen Carter on the stairs going up to Morley’s office,<br />

it seems that Carter is likely to be tried and convicted of both the murder and the attempted<br />

murder. The fact that the gun with which he was captured was the twin of the murder weapon<br />

only makes things worse for him.<br />

To be contined. . .<br />

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