Taken at the Flood
Book 29 of Hercule Poirot
Language: English
Classic crime Classics Crime Crime Thriller Fiction General Hercule (Fictitious character) Literature: Classics Missing persons Mystery Mystery & Detective Poirot Private Investigators Thriller Traditional British
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published: Jan 1, 1948
Description:
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…