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…
| ISBN: | 9780007280520 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 2008 |
| Author: | Agatha Christie |
| Publisher: | HarperCollinsPublishers an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | A Crime Club Novel |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Classic crime and mystery fiction |