Riding the tide: Author: Agatha Christie Language: Arabic Publication date: 2016 Book format: Paperback Publisher: Jarir Bookstore Number of pages: 331 Book classification: Novels and stories Description: In every club, there is always a person who causes annoyance in the minds of its members, and Coronation Club was no exception. Despite the war atmosphere the city was experiencing and its exposure to a bombing raid, that did not prevent things from going on their usual course there. Therefore, when Lieutenant Porter — a former officer in the British Army in India — cleared his throat while flipping through his daily newspaper, everyone avoided his gaze, but to no avail; he said: "I see they announced the death of Jordan Cloud in the Times newspaper; they said, but briefly of course: 'October 5th, as a result of one of the enemy raids,' without mentioning any details about the location of the incident, but it happened at the corner of the street where my small house is, specifically in one of those luxurious houses in Camden Hill. I can say that it shocked me a little; as you know, I work as a prison officer. Cloud had just returned from the United States, where he was negotiating a government deal, and he married a young widow during his stay there, named Mrs. Andre. In fact, I met her first husband in Nigeria." Lieutenant Porter paused, but none of the attendees showed interest in him, nor did they ask him to continue, each one staring intently at their newspaper, but that was not enough to discourage Lieutenant Porter, who was known for telling long stories often about people he did not know anyone. Lieutenant Porter said: "An interesting matter," while his eyes were fixed in amazement on a pair of pointed, shiny leather shoes, a type he did not like at all, then he continued: "As I told you, I work as an officer, and I am very bothered by those raids; one cannot predict what disasters they might cause; the basement was completely destroyed, the roof detached from the house, but the first floor was unharmed. There were six people in the house, three servants: a man, his wife, and another maid, and Jordan Cloud, his wife, and her brother — all in the basement except for Cloud’s brother-in-law, who was a former member of the commando unit, because he preferred to stay in his comfortable bedroom on the first floor, and luckily he survived the explosion, suffering only bruises and contusions, while the three servants were killed in the blast. There is no doubt that Jordan Cloud was worth more than a million pounds.
