 Dust-jacket illustration of the US (true first) edition with alternative title. | |
| Author | Agatha Christie |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Hercule Poirot |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead and Company |
Publication date | March 1948 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 242 (first edition, hardcover) |
| Preceded by | The Labours of Hercules |
| Followed by | The Under Dog and Other Stories |
Taken at the Flood is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1948 under the title of There is a Tide . . .[1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in the November of the same year under Christie's original title.[2] The US edition retailed at $2.50[1] and the UK edition at eight shillings and sixpence (8/6).[2] It features her famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and is set in 1946.
- ^ a b Marcum, J. S. (May 2007). "American Tribute to Agatha Christie: The Golden Years 1945 - 1952". Insightbb.
- ^ a b Peers, Chris; Spurrier, Ralph; Sturgeon, Jamie (1999). Detective Fiction – the collector's guide (Second ed.). Dragonby Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-1871122138.