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[Universal Exports]

Who do you think killed Krest?  After reading through all the books (and stories), it seems to be one of the very few mysteries that Fleming leaves hanging.

[Revelator]

His wife. She had the greater motive.

 

Or perhaps Bond did it while sleepwalking. Just kidding.

[JamesBondBlog]

Had to have been one of the German sailors, right? 

 

Nah, it was the lovely Mrs Krest for sure. Being with Bond for a few days gave her hope and courage that she needed to be able to get Krest out of her life. 

 

Unrelated to that, is some humor from Fleming:

 

I've read the story dozens of times. Listening to the audiobook made me remember again a bit of very funny dry humor inserted by Fleming.  

 

Bond was amused to note that Mr Krest's hairy legs, magnified into pale tree-trunks by the glass, were not more than a foot away from the moray's jaws. He gave an encouraging poke at the moray with his spear, but the eel only snapped at the metal points and slid back out of sight.

 

 

 

For some reason, the "encouraging poke" makes me laugh out loud. Outwardly, Bond is in control of his temper while with Mr Krest, but underneath the surface (literally in this case) he's rebelling against him.