Taken at the Flood A Hercule Poirot Mystery |
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Author:
| Christie, Agatha |
Read by:
| Fraser, Hugh |
Series title: | Hercule Poirot Mysteries Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-06-223223-6 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint: | HarperAudio |
Book Format: | Downloadable audio file |
List Price: | USD $18.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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....