Taken at the Flood, Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot boasts that he is the, "worlds most famous detective". If true, then how could Poirot be sitting within a few feet of a murder victim and never even notice that the woman has been murdered?
Originally published as "Death in the Air", this great Christie book presents Poirot with one of his greatest detective challenges. He was a witness to a murder. Yet, he saw nothing out of the ordinary. His ego and his reputation are on the line in this exciting mystery, published in 1935.
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