Taken at the Flood
by Agatha Christie
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Hanley Swan, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
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...
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- Red-books ) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31053
- Title
- Taken at the Flood
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Collins Crime Club
- Date Published
- 1948
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