Taken at the Flood
Sub-title
Hercule Poirot Mystery
Author
Genre
Language
English
Characters
Hercule Poirot
Captain Arthur Hastings
Chief Inspector James Japp
Rating
A few weeks after marrying an attractive young widow, Gordon Cloade is tragically killed in the London blitz and 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. Yet what mystifies Poirot most is the woman's true motive for approaching him.