Death in the Clouds

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Summary

Genre: Murder Mystery, Detective, Locked Room

Format: Novel

Setting: Plane

Murder Method: Poison

Recurring Characters: Poirot, Chief Inspector Japp

Synopsis

On a flight to London from Paris, a sleepy Hercule Poirot awakes to find fellow passenger Mme Giselle murdered by a poisoned dart. The murderer must be one of the ten passengers and two stewards aboard the flight, but when the facts lead Poirot nowhere fast, he realises that there is a real danger the case may never be solved.

In 1935, the year this novel was published, a regular London-Paris air service began – using converted bombers for the aircraft.

The Times Literary Supplement said of the book, “It will be a very acute reader who does not receive a complete surprise at the end.” It was adapted for TV with David Suchet as Poirot in 1992.

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: MissQuin
"Death in the clouds is one of my favourite Poirots. The scene where Poirot tries out using a blowpipe, in front of a plane full of people was very funny. It s not just working out who did the murder, but how the murder was done without anyone seeing."
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