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Taken at the Flood
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Hugh Fraser
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 1 May 2007
- Run Time
- 6 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Historical crime and mysteries, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: identity / belonging
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
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…
Critics Review
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‘One of the best… her gift for blending the cosy with the macabre has seldom been more in evidence than it is here.’
Elizabeth Bowen, Tatler‘Told briskly, vivaciously, and with ever-fertile imagination.’
Manchester Evening News‘One of the better Christies… Don’t miss.’
New York Herald Tribune
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
I really enjoyed this. Lots of Christie's hallmark twists and turns. Poirot is the best!
ClareR 2024-09-22
Details
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Narrator
- Hugh Fraser
- Duration
- 6 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 May 2007
- ISBN
- 9780007250004
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Historical crime and mysteries, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: identity / belonging
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
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…
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