The eye of suspicion falls heavily on Aristide’s second wife – the cuckoo in the nest was decades younger than her husband, and perhaps she couldn’t wait a few more years for the hefty inheritance she was due. Charles Hayward hoped to marry Leonides’ granddaughter Sophia, yet instead finds himself in the midst of a dangerous mystery. Hence, she targeted her nanny, who suspected Josephine of having some illicit affairs.Charismatic businessman and patriarch Aristide Leonides has been poisoned in his own home. However, it would have been no fun for Josephine if the case had been closed. She intentionally lured Charles into her rabbit hole, where Taverner found these letters and closed the case. Josephine lied about Brenda and Brown sharing love letters to deceive Charles.Ĭharles struggled to find these letters, which were in reality forged by Josephine to frame Brenda and Brown for Aristide’s murder.

She even lacked empathy and was a compulsive liar. She did poison her nanny, who used to drink her chocolate milk. Maybe she intended to kill everyone in the house because she hated stupid people and perceived her family as a brunch of stupid people.

She once told Charles that one ends the investigation by spotting the murderer because he or she is practically the only person left.

She was addicted to murder mysteries and considered herself Sherlock Holmes. Why did Josephine Kill Aristide Leonides? Charles gives Charles two days to investigate Leonides’ mansion before Scotland Yard can officially plunge in. An initial theory establishes that either someone switched Aristide’s insulin with eserine intentionally or accidentally. According to Taverner, the mentioned chemical is physostigmine, which is used in eye drops to treat glaucoma. Sophia believes that someone murdered Aristide and wants Charles to investigate further.Ĭharles meets the investigating officer, Taverner, of Scotland Yard, and learns that someone injected eserine into Aristide’s bloodstream. In present times, she wants Charles to investigate the death of her grandpapa, Aristide Leonides, as she suspects foul play. Charles first met Sophia in Cairo, where the romance blossomed until suddenly Sophia disappeared without a proper goodbye. Soon after his death, his granddaughter, Sophia, visits her past lover, Charles Hayward, who now works as a private investigator. Without further ado, let’s solve the mystery of the mysterious murder of Aristide Leonides.Ī Greek-born British business tycoon, Aristide Leonides, the colossus of his time, dies of a sudden heart attack. The thrilling narrative keeps you on edge throughout and gives you a satisfactory end to the tale. Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Crooked House is a murder mystery drama set in the late 1950s.

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