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A Hercule Poirot Amuse-Bouche: Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Agatha Christie

All About Agatha Christie

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The Death of Henry Gascoigne

Henry Gascoigne died between 2 and 3 days after he was found. His neighbours had the police break into his house due to the buildup of milk bottles. By dying at 10 at night on the third, Henry Gascoigne was able to inherit his rich brother Antony's entire estate. The establishment of Henry's death after Antony's would mean that whoever might inherit from Henry would have a pretty good motive for murder because at the time he died, Henry was quite a rich man having inherited his brother Antony’s entire estate.

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