Thomas Betterton is the main antagonist of Agatha Christie's 1955 mystery Destination Unknown. He is a scientist, who partakes in a conspiracy.
Biography[]
Thomas once married a young scientist named Elsa. Then he killed her and appropriated her inventions. Later, he married a second time, to a woman named Olive. Then he joined a certain alliance of young scientists, the leader of which gathered young scientists to earn more money with their help. He later disappeared. His wife Olive tried to find him, but died in a plane crash. The secret service agents found a woman named Hilary, who wanted to commit suicide, and decided to pass her off as Olive in order to get to Thomas. She was prepared for this for a very long time, and later, after many adventures, she finally managed to infiltrate this alliance. However, she was brought to a mysterious place (which was on the territory of a leper hospital), where Thomas Betterton was supposed to meet her. She was afraid that she would be exposed, so she decided to pretend that she did not recognize her "husband". However, the one who had pretended to be Thomas Betterton pretended to recognize her and asked her in a whisper to continue the game. Hilary did so, and later "Thomas Betterton" helped her escape. However, in the place where they were hiding, they were found by secret service agents, and Hilary's companion confessed that he was not Thomas Betterton. In fact, he was Andrew Peters, Elsa's cousin and an agent of the secret service. His task was to prove that Elsa had been killed by Thomas Betterton (which he succeeded in doing). Therefore, he pretended to recognize Olive, whom Hilary was pretending to be. He had no idea what the real Olive Betterton looked like, and did not want to give away that he was not Thomas, so he called "his wife" a woman who did not at all resemble Olive, despite her colossal preparation. Thomas Betterton was subsequently arrested, and Peters married Hilary.
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