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Just finished "Death in the Clouds" (US title, "Death in the Air"). This was Agatha Christie's 24th book, and her second novel published in 1935, the first being "Three-Act Tragedy".
The plot: Poirot is flying from France to England when a passenger in the plane is murdered with a poison dart, apparently shot from a blowpipe. Poirot investigates the murder.
This is basically a clever variant on the classic "English country house" murder mystery, where the reader (and the detective) knows in advance that the murderer must have been one of the people present at the scene. Well-written, with engaging characters. Very enjoyable.
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