The Murder on the Links · Character

M. Bex

The local commissary of police who lays out the facts of the murder for Poirot — the open grave, the bound wife, the missing weapon — with professional thoroughness.

supporting

Also known as M. Lucien Bex, Bex

First appearance: At the Villa Geneviève

As a supporting figure in The Murder on the Links, M. Bex is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The commissary who assists in the investigation and provides initial details of the crime.

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M. Bex is the village's ranking policeman, the one who first walks Poirot through the scene and the servants' testimony, and who later recounts the Beroldy trial from memory with all its courtroom drama intact. He is methodical, a little provincial, and entirely without Giraud's vanity — a useful pair of hands for the magistrate. He matters because he is the conduit through which the case's strangest details reach Poirot, and because his account of the earlier Beroldy acquittal plants the seed of the solution in the reader's mind.

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Relationship types

Professional
Other

Character groups

Murder suspects and witnesses
Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Hercule Poirot
professional · positive
Hercule Poirot
professional · positive
Hercule Poirot
professional · positive

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At the Villa Geneviève
The commissary who assists in the investigation and provides initial details of the crime.
IV: The Letter Signed "Bella"
The commissary who assists in the investigation, identifies the cheque fragment, and proposes cabling Santiago for more information.
V: Mrs. Renauld’s Story
Discovers the broken wristwatch and points out the significance of the hands pointing to seven o'clock.
VI: The Scene of the Crime
The commissary who guides Poirot and Hastings to the crime scene and explains the golf course layout; expresses admiration for Giraud.

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