« Taken at the Flood » Agatha Christie

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A man returns from the dead, and the body of a mysterious stranger is found in his room…. 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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Series Hercule Poirot #27
Language English
Author Agatha Christie
Year HarperCollins Publishers, 2017
First Published 2010
ISBN 9780007422838
Amazon ID B0046A9MMC
Google Books ID Qd0hN9ltng4C

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