Richard Lintern

Poirot is keen on an Art Deco mirror, but is outbid at auction by Gervase Chevenix who asks Poirot to find out if he is being defrauded - offering him the mirror as a fee. Poirot travels down to Chevenix's house, but, before he can begin the fraud investigation, his client is found shot dead and his 'fee' shattered into a thousand pieces. A note beside the body which reads simply 'sorry' is Poirot's only obvious piece of evidence.

When Rick is invited to feature in a TV series that traces celebrities' family trees, his real name is revealed together with why it caused him so much misery at school. The pain is nothing compared to what's in store when the researchers uncover the truth about his ancestors. Meanwhile, Magda is still waiting for her boiler to be fixed, and Rick is still waiting for her to move out.