Taken at the Flood (Hercule Poirot Series)

by Agatha Christie Narrated by Hugh Fraser

Overview

In Agatha Christie's classic puzzler*Taken at the Flood, the indefatigable Hercule Poiroit investigates the troubling case of a twice-widowed woman.

A few weeks after marrying an attractive 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 afterward, 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....

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

Hercule Poirot fans will be pleased to hear Hugh Fraser, who plays Captain Hastings on PBS's Mystery! and A&E's Poirot, recount Christie's intriguing 1948 novel (published in the U.S. as There Is a Tide). The celebrated Belgian sleuth visits the sleepy English village of Warmsley Vale to check into the background of Gordon Cloade, supposedly a victim of the London Blitz. He had wed an attractive young widow, the former Mrs. Underhay, now the sole possessor of the Cloade family fortune. The deceased's sister-in-law told Poirot that "spirits" informed her that the widow's first husband is still among the living, raising suspicions about Cloade's demise. Fraser's tone at once reassures listeners that, just as on television, they are in capable hands. He does a fine job creating a variety of character voices, distinguishing one from another with clarity but without excessive flamboyance. The release of any Christie is an event, and it does not taken an abundance of "little gray cells" to deduce that this audio will be well-received. (June) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

From the Publisher

[I’m] fascinated by Poirot’s ‘little grey cells.’” — John Mortimer, author of Rumpole of the Bailey

“One of the better Christies… Don’t miss.” — New York Herald Tribune

New York Herald Tribune

One of the better Christies… Don’t miss.

John Mortimer

[I’m] fascinated by Poirot’s ‘little grey cells.’

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173437365
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	07/03/2012
Series:	Hercule Poirot Series
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	1,001,171

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