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Taken at the Flood
by Agatha Christie
In the autumn of 1944, a devastating air raid kills wealthy Gordon Cloade and his household, leaving his young widow, Rosaleen, as the sole heir to his millions. Two years later, Hercule Poirot is approached by a relative claiming that spirit guides have revealed Rosaleen's first husband, Robert Underhay, is actually alive. The sudden arrival of a mysterious stranger named Enoch Arden in Warmsley Vale threatens to upend the Cloade family's expectations and suggests that someone is playing a dangerous game with the truth.
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- Reading time
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- File size
- 1.8 MB
- Published
- 11/22/1948
- ISBN
- 9780061755118
- Formats
- EPUB
In the autumn of 1944, a devastating air raid kills wealthy Gordon Cloade and his household, leaving his young widow, Rosaleen, as the sole heir to his millions. Two years later, Hercule Poirot is approached by a relative claiming that spirit guides have revealed Rosaleen's first husband, Robert Underhay, is actually alive. The sudden arrival of a mysterious stranger named Enoch Arden in Warmsley Vale threatens to upend the Cloade family's expectations and suggests that someone is playing a dangerous game with the truth.
What you'll take away
- Investigate a complex web of family greed and inheritance disputes.
- Follow Hercule Poirot as he navigates the murky intersection of spiritualism and cold-blooded reality.
- Uncover the truth behind a missing man and a potentially fraudulent identity.
- Explore the social shifts and financial anxieties of post-WWII English village life.
