A man returns from the dead,and the body of a mysterious stranger is found in his room...
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...
Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersISBN: 9780008129545Number of pages: 288Weight: 210 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
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Agatha Christie
The reigning queen of crime,Agatha Christie's life took her from her home in the Devon countryside to Cairo,Australia and,of course,a journey on the Orient Express. She created two of the most famous detectives in literature,the moustached Belgian super-sleuth Hercule Poirot and the deceptively genteel village investigator Miss Marple,as well as creating the longest running stage playThe Mousetrap.
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