Taken at the Flood
Book 27 of Hercule Poirot Mystery
Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: Jan 1, 1948
ES Group:
Poirot
ES Genre:
Mystery
Book Details
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Description:
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.…