Some thoughts on Nick Buckley-spoilers for Peril at End House and ABC Murders!
I really think Nick Buckley is up there with Franklin Clarke as one of the most diabolical murderers Poirot ever encounters. The sheer amount of straight up lying to Poirot’s face she does-lying to everyone! And the simulation of grief! She’s truly so so scary.
Rereading the book is always such a trip. There’s so much she does and says that is just pure performance. She planned everything out so far in advance and so meticulously. It’s bonkers. If Poirot hadn’t happened to be on vacation and run into her she would have fully gotten away with it, too, and probably married George Challenger and lived a long, happy life at End House. Absolutely chilling.
Everybody say thank you to Aggie for giving us a cold blooded female master murderer who used a gun instead of a so-called “woman’s weapon” like poison. Extremely good stuff!
















