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: Caroline discovered her sister, Angela, pulling a prank on Amyas earlier that day. When Amyas died, Caroline wrongly assumed Angela had accidentally poisoned him.

: A stockbroker and Amyas’s best friend. In the TV adaptation, he was secretly in love with Amyas. [S9E1] Five Little Pigs

Fourteen years before the main story, Amyas Crale was found dead at his estate, Alderbury, poisoned by . At the time, he was having a flaunted affair with his young model, Elsa Greer . Because Caroline had discovered the affair and allegedly stolen the poison from her neighbor's lab, she was convicted and hanged for the crime. Before her execution, she wrote a letter to Lucy claiming her innocence. The "Five Little Pigs" (The Suspects) : Caroline discovered her sister, Angela, pulling a

Through his psychological analysis of their testimonies, Poirot discovers a heartbreaking truth: In the TV adaptation, he was secretly in love with Amyas

: Caroline’s younger half-sister, whom Caroline had accidentally disfigured as a child. The Twist Ending

: Elsa Greer killed Amyas. She overheard him tell Caroline that the affair meant nothing and that he intended to send Elsa away as soon as the painting was finished. Spurned and vengeful, Elsa poisoned his beer.

Poirot investigates by interviewing the five other people present on the day of the murder: