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Taken at the Flood

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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Part of the new look for Hercule Poirot titles for the 21st century.

Read by Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings in the popular TV series.

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…

©1948 Agatha Christie Limited, a Chorion Company. All rights reserved; (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London UK Fiction Mystery Traditional Detectives Crime Thriller Detective

Critic Reviews

"Told briskly, vivaciously, and with ever-fertile imagination." (Manchester Evening News)

"One of the best...her gift for blending the cosy with the macabre has seldom been more in evidence than it is here." (Tatler)
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This book, like most Poirot books, is a solid murder mystery. We are introduced to a cast of colourful dupporting characters who we, and Poirot, get to know, trying to suss out who the villain is.

Purely on the merits of the mystery, the book is solid. However, the ending of the book disgusted me. Disgusted me! Not sure what the thought process behind that was.

I wouldn't necessarily say you shouldn't read this book if you are a big Poirot fan. But, it was, to me, on object lesson in how an entire narrative can be spoiled in the last few minutes.

Solid Mystery, Terrible Ending

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