Dead Man`s Mirror by Agatha Christie. Short summary

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Hercule Poirot arrives at the Cheveny-Gore estate at the invitation of the master of the house. But on arrival the detective learns that the baronet is already dead — shot himself in his own office. But there is something strange about this suicide.

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Story from the series «Hercule Poirot». The famous Belgian receives a telegram from Baronet Gervase Cheveny-Gore with a request for help. The detective went to the estate, but was a little late for dinner. Poirot is very surprised, as the always punctual Sir Gervase is absent from the table. The guests go to the master’s study and find him dead. Poirot is again to investigate.

Poirot interviews the murdered man’s eccentric wife Wanda, his adopted daughter Ruth and her cousin Hugo, as well as his secretary Miss Lingard. The detective realizes that the father of the family was very oppressive and everyone had a reason to get rid of him. It turns out that just after the dinner gong sounded, a shot rang out. The detective learns that Hugo is engaged to Susan and Ruth has already secretly married Lake.

In the finale, Poirot gathers everyone in his office and reveals the murder mystery. Poirot says that Ruth killed Chevenix, but Miss Lingard confesses to the murder. She is Ruth’s real mother, and it was she who killed the baronet so that he would not disinherit her.