Ruthless and controlling matriarch who extorts her family's lawyer to maintain her wealth. Her tyrannical behavior provides multiple motives for murder. She is ultimately poisoned with digitalis while being woken by an Arab man, an act that initiates Poirot's investigation in Jerusalem.
Tyrannical stepmother who controls and financially restricts her stepson.
Emily actively opposes Sarah's romantic interest in her stepson.
Emily recognizes Westholme's hidden past and uses it to threaten her.
Poirot investigates the murder of the widely hated matriarch.
Both are part of the broader travel and dig group in Jerusalem.
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