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I agree that those episodes produced after Japp, Hastings and Lemon were no longer in the story line are not near as entertaining. Poirot is portrayed as almost a different character. He is more harsh and sometimes rude. This is not the Poirot of old. One thing I have noticed about these last four is the transition from one scene to another, especially the scene changes at obvious "commercial breaks".

It seems that the episode is so poorly edited that we are missing parts of the presentation.

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It is as though these DVD's contain copies of the same ones edited for television. If this true, we seem to be cheated. My wife and were excited to see this but alas, they were nowhere to be found in the episode. Start your free trial. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. Season 10 Episode 4. A young widow is left in sole possession of her late husband's fortune, and her brother refuses to share it with her in-laws - so they enlist Poirot to try to prove that the widow's missing first husband might not be dead after all.

Agatha Christie novel , Guy Andrews screenplay. IMDb's Guide to Streaming. Agatha Christie's Poirot - Feature Length. Share this Rating Title: Poirot finds himself more mystefied by Gordon Cloade marries a beautiful young widow, and several weeks later is dead. Poirot finds himself more mystefied by this woman's purpose and accusation than he does by the situation at hand. Aug 03, Meave rated it it was ok. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

You know, it was going great until Lynn realizes she's in love with the guy who tried to murder her while he's in the process of strangling her. That put the super-racist old lady in the shade. Nov 16, D. I had read this book before who knows when so I already knew one of the most important plot points in the story. What I didn't remember was how brilliant the book was, specially the "after the war" setting with the many changes that it brought to England. Young men and women who returned home after serving the men as soldiers, the women in the Women's Royal Naval Service or 'wrens' and found they couldn't go back to the life they had known pre-war.

I think this is the first book where Dame C I had read this book before who knows when so I already knew one of the most important plot points in the story. Ration books, very high taxes, lack of jobs, you name it.

Although as usual most of the people portrayed in the book were gentry, you can tell they are not living up to the standards they once knew. I felt the worst for Major Potter and didn't like how he ended up. Will continue my review later. Jul 30, Mie rated it liked it Shelves: Not my favourite on tv - not my favourite book Jan 21, Diane Challenor rated it it was amazing Shelves: I wondered why I'd never heard of this book's title, having read several books from the Hercule Poirot series, and I'm an absolutely devoted fan of the TV series starring David Suchet.

I was gobsmacked by the ending. I'm not so prim or PC that I can't read an Agatha Christie book without acknowledging it was a product of its time, however considering today's problem with domestic violence, and the new understanding of all the definitions of how Domestic Violence can be defined, "Taken at the Floo I wondered why I'd never heard of this book's title, having read several books from the Hercule Poirot series, and I'm an absolutely devoted fan of the TV series starring David Suchet.

I'm not so prim or PC that I can't read an Agatha Christie book without acknowledging it was a product of its time, however considering today's problem with domestic violence, and the new understanding of all the definitions of how Domestic Violence can be defined, "Taken at the Flood" has a very not-politically-correct ending. I think my statement is a spoiler. Many of us would be familiar with that terrible statement by some people who think "when a woman says no, she means yes".

And the terrible belief systems of some women that think a man who is violent toward them because he thinks "if I can't have her, no one will", they think those words mean the man loves them passionately. They think thuggish behaviour is a trait of manliness and love. Eventually, over years they will discover thuggish behaviour is not the behaviour of a passionate man, but the behaviour of a thug. A good man will walk away, if the choice is violence against the woman they love. Agatha Christie, in her book "Taken at the Flood" reflects the misinterpretation of unacceptable domestic violence as OK; and hints that the man who the character once thought of as boring, is suddenly interesting.

Oh she was so wrong, but that's how previous generations of women chose the wrong man, they see kindness in a man, as weak, and selfishness and self absorption in a man, as interesting, and today, often that pattern is repeated. The book certainly kept my mind thinking about things, long after I read the last page. That's always the sign of a very good book; it became a thought provoking story, although maybe not quite in the direction the author would have recognised.

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Feb 16, Bruce Beckham rated it really liked it. And not least because, smugly, I thought I had cracked it. Poirot in fact makes a cameo appearance near the beginning, and then disappears until just after halfway — when immediately he sets the cat among the pigeons. It would not be a spoiler to say there is great significance in the title no connection with water, by the way — and this is definitely one of those books for which close attention to, and extrapolation of, the first few pages pays off.

In my eagerness to discover if I was right about the crime, I fell victim to the old maxim — more haste, less speed. Ms Christie outsmarted me, tossing in a couple more twists for good measure. I did have the satisfaction of unmasking at least one of the actors, but the verdict: Apr 12, Erin Bartos rated it it was amazing.

I really liked this book, it was written in non-typical Agatha Christie style. It didn't start by someone showing up to Poirot, telling their story, and then he does all his investigating. You get to see the background of all the characters, and once again, she caught me off guard. I was kept guessing till the end and it wasn't the way I thought it would be. Oct 20, Obsidian rated it did not like it.

If this had been a physical book that I owned I would have probably thrown this thing in the trash. The entire book was offensive towards women, women who have been abused, and just common sense in general. The story begins by setting things up by exploring the current financial state of the Cloade family.

Every one of them were dependent on Gordon Cloade for financial help, and he was glad to give it to his family. However, due to his death, his entire estate is inherited by his new wife Rosale If this had been a physical book that I owned I would have probably thrown this thing in the trash. However, due to his death, his entire estate is inherited by his new wife Rosaleen due to Gordon not filing a will. The Cloade family consists of Lynn Marchmont, her mother Adela. Lynn's fiance Rowley Cloade. Jeremy and Frances Cloade.

And finally Lionel and Katherine Cloade. Readers quickly find out that Lynn is back from being part of the Women's Royal Naval Service and finds herself feeling adrift from her family and Rowley. Lynn's mother is still not quite recovered from what took place during the war and finds herself almost penniless. Rowley stayed behind to manage his farm while his best friend and co-owner of the farm went off to war and died. Rowley feels left behind due to many of those around him doing what they could to support the war effort. Jeremy and Frances are financially ruined and hoping for a handout from Rosaleen.

The same goes for Lionel and Katherine. Rosaleen is a meek character that barely seems able to get words out. Her brother, David, is overbearing and seems very malicious in his dealings with the Cloade family and is very eager to shove their faces into having no money due to his sister marrying Gordon. So that said, there was no one to root for at all during this whole story. Poirot is once again introduced around the halfway mark. The main storyline is following the Cloade family and reading about how Lynn is attracted to David though he is awful.

And honestly I started to flat out loathe the character of Lynn and at the end was one hundred percent tired of her. Probably because she goes around acting as if her family is awful for daring to ask for help though I would say that Gordon Cloade was at fault for ensuring that his family came to him for every little thing because he liked it that way.

I had tons of sympathy for the character of Rowley until one action wiped that all out. Poirot once again just swans around a lot and I don't really get how he is seen as the world's best detective in Poirot's mind he doesn't seem to have any aha moments until the end. I don't know if adding on Hastings would make things better or what.

I think you need that person that stands in for the reader who is trying to figure things out. Instead you get Lynn as a audience stand in and that's about it. The writing was typical Christie though this time more information is added about what happened to villages after the war. This is the first Poirot book I read that was post-war.

It was interesting reading about how many things changed especially when you look at those who went off to war and came back.

You can sympathize with Lynn a bit for feeling as if after the war things feel the same though she is not. Though I was all out of sympathy when she complained about how boring things were and how she thought of David who is hateful as being adventurous and better than Rowley who in her mind has stayed the same. The flow was all over the place. I think the problem is that Christie tried to cram a lot into this book and since we had a ton of players on the scene so to speak it was a lot to do and keep all of the parts moving. The setting of post-war England was interesting here and there, and I wish that we had gotten more details about it.

It seemed in places that Christie was definitely mourning the loss of what England used to be and where it was presently. The ending was flat out appalling. Besides it being appalling I can say that I hate it when Agatha Christie makes it that until the very end you as a reader can't figure out who did it. I am going to spoil the ending for those who really want to know, but honestly the above combined with the ending was just too much for me to ignore and give this book anything but 1 star.

Rowley flies into a rage and tells her that he has killed two men and he will not let David have her and proceeds to try to choke her to death. Poirot coughs and interrupts. He goes and asks for coffee and turns everything into a normal sitting with making sure that Lynn wraps her throat and drinks some coffee.

Rowley admits to the accidental murder of one of the victims and how he strong armed someone into lying and that person killed themselves because they were ashamed of committing perjury. Then David comes along. Poirot asks for more coffee and goes about explaining how David killed his sister not really his sister and how David did this in order to get all of the Cloade fortune. David runs around, is quickly captured by police and confesses all. Poirot goes away and then Lynn is shocked that she did not realize that David was a murderer.

A short time later Lynn goes back to Rowley and announces she is home. Rowley is confused and tells her to leave him since he thinks that the police may still arrest him for the accidental death of one of the victims. Lynn doesn't think that Poirot told the police of course not and that she realized when David was about to kill her what a fool she had been and that she totally belongs to him.

Yeah that freaking happened. A man tries to kill her and the woman says I was such a fool, of course you love me and all because you finally showed some emotion.

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Nov 26, Marjolijn van de Gender rated it did not like it. Het boek krijgt vijf sterren voor dit citaat: Hoofdinspecteur Spence nam maar niet de moeite haar uit te leggen dat een zelfmoordenaar gewoonlijk niet met een tang zijn eigen achterhoofd insloeg. Wegens spoilers zal ik niet vermelden welk personage dit uitspreekt: Toen wist ik pas goed dat ik nooit een ander zou kunnen toebehoren en dat ik - nou, dat ik jouw vrouw was!

How crafty you are Agatha Christie?! This detective story is absolutely stunning , it makes me feel dizzy ,espicially the last part! In , as the German bombs are falling, Hercule Poirot is safely ensconced in the Coronation Club, when he first hears of the Cloade family.

As it turns out, the wife had previously been married to a Robert Underhay, who had mysteriously disappeared in Africa and was presumed dead. Two years later, Poirot receives a strange visit from one of the Cloade family of In , as the German bombs are falling, Hercule Poirot is safely ensconced in the Coronation Club, when he first hears of the Cloade family. Two years later, Poirot receives a strange visit from one of the Cloade family of Warmsley Vale who has received a message from the spirit world that Robert Underhay is not really dead.

Not long after, he reads about the death of an Enoch Arden in the same village.

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Christie then takes the story to Warmsley Vale, and introduces the Cloade family. It seems that all of them were financially dependent on Gordon Cloade, and that this young wife, Rosaleen, has thrown a bit of a monkey wrench into the situation. Living now in Gordon's home with her brother David, Rosaleen was the sole beneficiary to Gordon's vast estate, and David stands between the family and financial assistance. Rosaleen, it seems, is eager to help, but David despises the rest of the Cloades and refuses to lend them a penny. Things go from bad to worse when a mysterious stranger, one Enoch Arden the namesake of a poem from Tennyson appears with a bizarre story about Robert Underhay.

Pretty soon someone ends up dead. It is Poirot's job to not only figure out who the murderer is, but to get to the bottom of the whole mess. This won't be a simple task. With several suspects to choose from, Taken at the Flood is one of those stories where the truth is unraveled bit by bit, so that the reader is not really sure of the whodunit until the end. There are plenty of red herrings to sort through -- and just when you think you know who it is, something else pops up to make you think again. In a flashback from late Spring to early Spring, Lynn Marchmont, newly demobilised from the Women's Royal Naval Service , finds difficulty settling into the village life of Warmsley Vale.

She is engaged to Rowley, one of several members of the Cloade family living nearby. Each of them grew dependent on money from Gordon Cloade, a childless widower who was expected to die and leave his fortune to them. But instead he marries an Irishwoman, Rosaleen Turner, invalidating his previous will, before being killed in an explosion at his home, which his new wife survives.

As a result, Rosaleen inherits Gordon's fortune and the entire family now faces financial crisis, augmented by the poor state of the economy in the aftermath of World War II. Rosaleen's fortune is zealously guarded by her brother, David Hunter, and although various family members manage to wheedle small sums out of Rosaleen, David refuses to help Frances Cloade, whose husband Jeremy is on the brink of ruin. A man calling himself Enoch Arden arrives in the village, and attempts to blackmail David by saying he knows how to find Rosaleen's first husband, Robert.

Their conversation in Arden's hotel room is overheard by the landlady, who immediately tells Rowley Cloade. Later, Arden's body is discovered in his room with his head smashed in. At the inquest, despite Rosaleen's protests that the dead man was not Robert, Porter confirms that Arden was indeed her first husband.

The estate will revert to the Cloades. Rosaleen has a strong alibi for the time of the murder since she was in the London flat that evening. David has only a weak alibi: Since the murder is believed to have taken place shortly before 9 pm, he had enough opportunity and motive to be arrested.

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David's alibi improves when it is discovered that a heavily made-up woman in an orange headscarf left Arden's room after 10 p. The investigation shifts back to the female Cloades, but Poirot discovers that the immediate cause of Arden's death may have been smashing his head against a heavy marble fireplace fender. The appearance of a murder may have been created after some form of accidental death. Lynn, though engaged to Rowley, seems to love David. Rowley may be attracted to Rosaleen, who seems to be consumed with guilt and fear.

Major Porter apparently commits suicide but leaves no note. She came up with the plan to blackmail Rosaleen after hearing Major Porter's anecdote from Jeremy.

Although this explains Arden's identity, it does not clarify who killed him or who bribed Porter to falsely identify the corpse. Rosaleen dies in her sleep from an overdose.

Superintendent Spence, the investigating officer, suggests that perhaps she was the murderer; the police have so focused on David's alibi that they subjected hers to little scrutiny. Lynn tells Rowley that she wishes to marry David Hunter.

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