"Taken at the flood", a murder mystery by Agatha Christie. A classic whodunit. This is a Hercule Poirot mystery.
Gordon Clod, a rich man supports families of all his brother, sisters and cousins. He marries a young widow (Rosylene) while travelling from South America to England thereby automatically nullifying his previous will, that benifited his relatives. He dies in bombing (war) before making new will, so all money goes to his new wife.
A person appears claiming that 1st husband of Rosylene is alive. He is murdered. Another person commits suicide. Hercule Poirot thinks that everything is wrong in this case. Then Rosylene is found dead. Is it murder or suicide? Whats wrong? Who has been murdered? Whodunit? Can Poirot find the murderer? There are a number of relatives, 2nd wife, her brother but nobody seems to have motive for all the deaths.
The clues were there scattered all over the book. I even found one clue but could not make the link. I thought, I was able to recognize the culprit (though using different logic than Hercule) untill the last chapter but there is a big twist in the last chapter and Agatha defeats the readers once again.
As always this is a meticulously written book with a lot of details. You need time and patience to read Agatha Christie mystries.
A good mystery. Read if you like Agatha.
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