Taken at the Flood (Poirot)

Paperback, 224 pages

Published July 1, 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

ISBN:
978-0-00-712101-4
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A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed by a bomb blast in the London blitz. Overnight, the former Mrs. Underhay finds herself in sole possession of the Cloade family fortune. Shortly afterwards, Hercule Poirot receives a visit from the dead man's sister-in-law who claims she has been warned by 'spirits' that Mrs. Underhay's first husband is still alive. Poirot has his suspicions when he is asked to find a missing person guided only by the spirit world. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman's true motive for approaching him...

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Subjects

  • Classic fiction
  • Crime & mystery
  • Literature: Classics