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When Cora Lansquenet is brutally murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the prior trip to her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly assumes a chilling significance. In the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to express, “It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it.… But he was killed, wasn’t he?” In frustration, the household solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to solve the mystery.…