Taken at the Flood

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...

First Sentence

WARMSLEY Heath consists of a Golf Course, two Hotels, some very expensive modern villas giving onto the Golf Course, a row of what were, before the war luxury shops, and a railway station.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Taken at the FloodPaperbackBerkley Pub Group1995-02-01
• There is a tide.Dodd, Mead1948-01-01
• Taken at the floodFontana1970-01-01
• Zhang chao shi jieYuan jing chu ban gong si1982-01-01
• Taken at the Flood (Ulverscroft Large Print)HardcoverUlverscroft Large Print1989-06-01
• There is a TidePaperbackMacmillan Publishing Company1992-07-01