Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot Mysteries): 12 - Softcover

Christie, Agatha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062073745 ISBN 13: 9780062073747

Publisher: William Morrow & Company, 2011

Synopsis

Hercule Poirot must solve a perplexing case of midair murder in Death in the Clouds when he discovers that the woman in seat two of the airborne aeroplane he's traveling on is quite unexpectedly--and unnaturally--deceased.

From seat No. 9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers on the short flight from Paris to London. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No. 13, sat a countess with a poorly concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No. 8, a writer of detective fiction was being troubled by an aggressive wasp.

Yes, Poirot is almost ideally placed to take it all in, except what he did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No. 2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman. Murdered, and likely by someone in Poirot's immediate proximity.

About this title

Review:

"It will be a very acute reader who does not receive a complete surprise at the end."--Times Literary Supplement (London)

"[A] crime puzzle of the first order."--New York Times

"As a crime writer I quickly realized that I'd already learned a great deal from Agatha Christie, and even after four decades in the game, I feel I'm still learning."--Reginald Hill, author of the Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries

Book Description:

But Hercule Poirot is also on the flight and his discovery of a poisoned dark leads him to believe that the wasp did not cause her death.

Poirot has a large cast of characters to choose from in this ‘locked-room’ mystery and working with Scotland Yard and the Sūreté he sets out to discover the truth in his own very methodical way.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062073745
• ISBN 13: 9780062073747
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272