![]() But soon there is a murder and the once-great detective must take matters into his own hands. When he takes the letters to the police looking for help, Hercule finds all his old friends have moved on. The sender signs themselves only as A.B.C. ![]() However, he reveals to Poirot he became addicted to the thrill of being chased by the detective, leading him to become reckless and killing the wrong person in Doncaster.Īs he told Poirot, he did this by offering Cust a job as a stockings salesman and telling him to go to the locations Franklin had planned for the murders - Andover, Bexhill, Churston and Doncaster. Hercule Poirot, older and greyer, receives letters threatening murder. He believes this plan will put Poirot and the police off the scent of his murder, making them think the murder of Sir Carmichael Clarke is part of a serial killer’s plan rather than the work of a greedy brother. Cust suffers from an epilepsy-like condition that sees him suffer from seizures and bouts of amnesia. ![]() To cover his tracks, he came up with the idea of inventing a fake serial killer called ABC and then decided to frame Alexander Bonaparte Cust, a man he met playing backgammon, for the crimes. However, Franklin revealed he was worried his brother would remarry and this fortune would go to his new wife, so he decided to take action by killing Carmichael. ![]()
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