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Headings: Beckett Conspiracy
Beckett Conspiracy
Background
The Johanna Beckett Murder
Castle & Beckett's board on the conspiracy
Castle and Beckett
Mr. Smith
Mayor Weldon
Tracking Down Mr. Smith
The Dragon Revealed
The Dragon Targeted
Lazarus
The Dragon is slain
The Players
The Contract Killers
Episodes

Content: He also tried to tell her to search for cassette tapes as he had given Johanna Beckett one implicating Bracken in several crimes including his blackmail scheme and plotting Johanna's murder. Kate Beckett didn't get the hint at the time. Beckett's obsession with her mother's murder and her lack of progress in solving it eventually leads to her abandoning her quest, lest it cause a total emotional breakdown. Castle & Beckett's board on the conspiracy
Rick Castle's board of Kate and Johanna's assaults
Kate Beckett's board
Castle and Beckett
Richard Castle, a writer who started shadowing Kate Beckett, eventually learned of the cold case. Partly out of curiosity, and partly out of romantic interest in Beckett, he began secretly investigating the Johanna Beckett murder. He enlisted Dr. Clark Murray, who confirmed that Johanna's murder was a professional hit, expertly disguised as a random stabbing. Murray also discovers the other three victims and their connection to Johanna. During an unrelated investigation by Beckett and Castle, they discovered that the victim, Jack Coonan had died in precisely the same distinctive way as Johanna Beckett and her colleagues. The killer is eventually identified as Dick Coonan, who killed his own brother to cover up his own heroin-smuggling operation. Coonan revealed himself when he let a slip knowledge of Johanna Beckett's murder.