Taken at the Flood: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
Description
In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, 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.…
|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.…
|“One of the better Christies… Don’t miss.” - New York Herald Tribune
“[I’m] fascinated by Poirot’s ‘little grey cells.’” - John Mortimer, author of Rumpole of the Bailey
PUBLISHER:
HarperCollins
ISBN-10:
0062073842
ISBN-13:
9780062073846
BINDING:
Paperback / softback
PUBLICATION YEAR:
2011
NUMBER OF PAGES:
288
BOOK DIMENSIONS:
8.00(H) x 5.31(W) x 0.65(D)
AUDIENCE TYPE:
General / adult
LANGUAGE:
English