Taken at the Flood - A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

In Agatha Christie''s classic puzzler Taken at the Flood , the indefatigable Hercule Poiroit investigates the troubling case of a twice-widowed woman. A few weeks after marrying an attractive 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 afterward, 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....

Product details

• Authors: Agatha Christie
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2024
• EAN: 9780063376878
• ISBN: 978-0-06-337687-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Hercule Poirot Mysteries
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; LITERATURE: WOMEN'S LITERATURE, FICTION: Thrillers / Historical, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), LITERATURE: GENERAL FICTION, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Traditional, LITERATURE: CLASSICS, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, LITERATURE: MYSTERY