References in Other Works
Colonel Johnson alludes to the events of this story in part 3, section V of Hercule Poirot's Christmas.
Poirot refers to the events of this novel in "The A.B.C. Murders" (1936) when he and Arthur Hastings reunite after not seeing each other for several years. Poirot is telling Hastings about his experiences since retiring. He relates that he was almost "exterminated" himself recently by a murderer who was "not so much enterprising as careless".
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