The Wake: Tribute to Agatha Christie

Friends and family arrive at the house, the wake, along with his grieving widow.

Outside the rain keeps falling nonstop.

Everything proceeds normally until suddenly a very loud thunder sounds outside the house and ... the light goes out.

The wake is a story from the Suspense and Intrigue Stories collection, a series of stories written by the author in tribute to the Mistress of suspense Agatha Christie.