Agatha Christie — There Is a Tide...

New York, Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first U.S. edition of this Poirot novel, known in the U.K. as 'Taken at the Flood&apos. The first U.S. edition, first printing. This U.S. edition preceded the U.K. first by seven months.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Published in the U.K. as 'Taken at the Flood&apos.Set in 1946, in this novel follows Hercule Poirot as he untangles the family history of a young widow, and those who would rather she weren"t the sole inheritor of her second husband"s fortune.Agatha Christie is one of the most prolific and successful detective writers of her time, writing sixty-six detective novels in total. She is best known for her protagonists Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light edge wear and handling marks to the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.