Taken at the Flood, Agatha Christie
Taken at the Flood, Agatha Christie
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Taken at the Flood
A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser

Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/03/2012


Synopsis

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.…

About Agatha Christie

What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. He outlines many of those interesting facts. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. Agatha loved dogs. She has a rose named after her. She never did drink alcohol nor smoked. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on July 10, 2024

Most baffling, batshit crazy ending EVER. When Gordon Cloade, the wealthy and generous uncle to a large coddled family, dies without updating his will, everything goes to his new wife (a young widow) and leaves his family wondering where their next meal is coming from. Needless to say, people end up d......more

Goodreads review by Baba on November 10, 2022

Hercule Poirot, book #28 is a gripping affair, with the widow of a dead millionaire being both loathed and feted for her inherited wealth, by his wider family. Add in a murder and loads of disinformation and queer behaviour, and there's a very interesting case for Poirot to look into. One of my favo......more

Goodreads review by Simona on October 18, 2018

"What a person really is, is only apparent when the test comes—that is, the moment when you stand or fall on your own feet." This is a detective story and thus I rate it considering my enjoyment of the mistery and its resolution -absolutely stunning, so much that, hadn't the last chapter happened, I......more

Goodreads review by mark on March 18, 2020

Choose Your Own Adventure! Your name is Lynn Marchmont, and you have come home from the war. Home to your predictable village of Warmsley Vale, your predictable fiancé, your predictable little life all laid out in front of you. Once upon a time, you loved it all. You secretly long for the war: the exc......more

Goodreads review by Ken on December 01, 2019

Whilst this Poirot novel isn’t one of Christie’s strongest mysteries, it certainly evokes the post war setting perfectly. It’s a real time capsule that explores the cost and recovery during 1946 Britain. The story itself is slightly overly complex with a vast array of characters who feel distinctly si......more