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Death in the Clouds: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot series Book 11) Kindle Edition

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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. 

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From seat No. 9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. 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 detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp. What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No. 2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow Paperbacks; Reissue edition (February 10, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2010
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Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie began writing during the First World War and wrote over 100 novels, plays and short story collections. She was still writing to great acclaim until her death, and her books have now sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. Yet Agatha Christie was always a very private person, and though Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple became household names, the Queen of Crime was a complete enigma to all but her closest friends.

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Customers find the book enjoyable, entertaining, and gripping. They appreciate the well-developed characters and the author's skill. The book is described as a classic with a brisk pace. However, opinions differ on the mystery quality - some find it satisfying and interesting, while others feel there is too much back-and-forth between possible murderers, which ruins the logic and flow of the story. There are mixed reviews regarding the text quality - some find the writing first-class and likeable, while others report missing or corrupted words and sentences.

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80 customers mention "Readability"80 positive0 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable and gripping. They find it an enjoyable case to solve with twists and turns. The book is described as a classic Christie novel with a limited number of suspects.

"...This is just another entertaining murder mystery with humor, some unexpected happenings and perhaps a plot twist for many readers...." Read more

"...All that in under 300 pages! She was truly a great writer. I also get a sense of what is happening in the world at the time of publication...." Read more

"This Agatha Christie mystery keeps the reader involved and interested as a variety of suspects are interviewed and...." Read more

"...This was the best. The ending was so surprising. Lots of fun and highly recommend." Read more

11 customers mention "Character development"11 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the well-developed characters and how well they are portrayed.

"Agatha Christie, as per usual, does a great job portraying her famous aging eccentric Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and his quest to find the..." Read more

"...Characters were well developed. The set if the airplane gave some unusual twists." Read more

"...but it was a good solid murder mystery with a couple of well fleshed out characters..." Read more

"...It moves well with lots of interesting characters and is perfect for those who like to track the clues and solve the case...." Read more

7 customers mention "Author"7 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the author's writing style. They find the mystery satisfying and the early 20th century setting interesting. Poirot is described as brilliant as always.

"...Nevertheless, the mystery is satisfying, Poirot is his usual brilliant self, and the revelation is sufficiently surprising -- but obvious in..." Read more

"As always classic Poirot! Agatha Christie at her best. A classic mystery in a “closed room” fashion leaves you guessing to the end." Read more

"...As always, Agatha Christie at her best." Read more

"...She is amazing and also gives us an insight into the early 20th century Britain...." Read more

4 customers mention "Classic book"4 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the classic book. They find it timeless and say it's Agatha Christie at her best.

"As always classic Poirot! Agatha Christie at her best. A classic mystery in a “closed room” fashion leaves you guessing to the end." Read more

"Classic, but not one of Agatha Christie's best...." Read more

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4 customers mention "Pacing"4 positive0 negative

Customers like the book's brisk pace. They say it moves along well with interesting characters and a surprise ending.

"...It's a quick, easy, entertaining read, but I don't think Ms. Christie was at her best on Death in the Clouds." Read more

"...but otherwise Christie was a very tight plotter, and her books move along with a brisk pace. Always fun characters, and entertaining." Read more

"A fun Poirot mystery, less dark than some. It moves well with lots of interesting characters and is perfect for those who like to track the clues..." Read more

"Typical Agatha Christie who done it. Tightly paced and a surprise ending." Read more

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Customers have mixed reviews about the mystery. Some find it engaging and thought-provoking, with a deductive reasoning story. Others feel it drags and has too many back and forths with potential murderers, missing text that ruins the logic and flow of the story. The method of murder is unusual but Christie manages to make you believe it.

"...This is just another entertaining murder mystery with humor, some unexpected happenings and perhaps a plot twist for many readers...." Read more

"...One of the amazing traits of an Agatha novel is how she can develop the characterization of so many suspects while also leaving the reader with a..." Read more

"...The murder didn't seem possible given the evidence. The person murdered seemed unlikely, but as the reader discovers, is a likely victim...." Read more

"...This is one of her novels (like many of them) that has so many details packed into it, you can sift through them for hours trying to figure out the..." Read more

13 customers mention "Text quality"6 positive7 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the text quality. Some find it engaging and well-written, mentioning that the author is a first-class writer who keeps readers interested. However, others report issues with missing words, jumbled sentences, misspellings, poor formatting, and incorrect French formatting.

"...The slang is occasionally jarring if you aren’t familiar with the terminology… Things like flapjacks..." Read more

"...All that in under 300 pages! She was truly a great writer. I also get a sense of what is happening in the world at the time of publication...." Read more

"...Also, there is frequently missing text that ruins the logic and flow of the story. Disappointed at the lack of quality." Read more

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A little rough for me
It had been far too long, so I had to throw in another Hercule Poirot. This is number 12 in the series.This mystery starts with a murder on an airplane. An old money lender is seemingly struck with a poison dart and dies instantaneously, not being discovered until the end of the flight. M. Poirot, who does not do well in planes, was trying to sleep through the indigestion.This wasn’t my favorite, I’ll be honest. It technically happens on a flight from France to England, and yet the people involved keep running into each other even though some of them aren’t even from the same country? It just seemed to fit together too neatly for me. After the inquest they were all allowed to go wherever they pleased and yet it kept happening?Poirot is up to his usual antics, which is of course why I read these, but it did feel like she simply made up the ending. The clues and hints were simply not there for me. I like being surprised, and I like twists, but I do prefer when the information presented at least COULD point to what is true. And I felt as if it didn’t. For me that’s mostly what was lacking.Personally still a 3/5* for me. I look forward to number 13, as it’s the ABC Murders…
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  • Sunflower
    5.0 out of 5 stars A wasp, a person or an unknown poison?
    Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2013
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    Agatha Christie, as per usual, does a great job portraying her famous aging eccentric Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, and his quest to find the person responsible for the murder of a not very well liked wealthy and astute lady money lender. The murder happens without any apparent witnesses on an airplane flight from Paris to London.

    Poirot is not a good air traveler; therefore, he tries to block out the whole scenario by turning to the medicine others have tried for the same fears....sleep. Because he is seated near the murdered lady, and in fact finds the suspected death weapon, he is very briefly suspected of being the murderer. Well, all Christie fans know that is definitely an impossibility, and Poirot is readily ruled out as having played any part in the murder. But, alas, it did occur almost under his nose. Someone on the plane is a murderer, and he or she is doing a good job of concealing their guilt.

    The passengers include French archaeologists, a British doctor, a British dentist, a writer, a hairdresser, an aristocratic lady and Hercule Poirot. One (or more) of these passengers could be the murderer .... including a dead wasp. Wait, there are also the two plane stewards. Could one, or both, have committed the murder?

    Some of the characters are likable and seem to be upstanding citizens. Then there are those that seem to be rather conniving and just might be capable of murder. Christie helps the reader sort through the clues by revealing secrets in the lives of the passengers, contents of their luggage and pockets. She also lets us be privy to some private conversations between Poirot and other characters.

    Our little detective does his usual adding and subtracting, manipulating plus some theatrics to solve the puzzle. A very entertaining read for all Christie fans even tho' you may have read Death in the Clouds many moons ago. For those of you who might not have ever included Agatha Christie mysteries in your reading material, please note that there is not profanity or gory descriptive text. This is just another entertaining murder mystery with humor, some unexpected happenings and perhaps a plot twist for many readers. Try it, you'll like it!
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  • Rick O
    4.0 out of 5 stars A hodgepodge group of people board a flight from Paris to Croydon
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2012
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    A hodgepodge group of people board a flight from Paris to Croydon and before they land one turns up dead! Luckily one of the passengers is the great Hercule Poirot. Thus starts another mystery by Agatha Christie, the most read author of all times. Published in 1935, this novel was originally titled Death in the Air. The victim turns out to be a very rich French moneylender, Madame Giselle, aka Marie Morisot. She is found dead in her seat with a red mark on her neck and a poisoned dart in her lap. Did one of the eleven passengers murder her using a blowpipe dart dipped in snake venom, or did a lone wasp sting her in the neck? Who wanted her dead? That is the dilemma facing our mustachioed Belgian detective, who prefers to speak French and lives in England and sometimes in France. When the plane lands in the aerodrome ( I love the flavor of 1935 English language ) in England, our stout gumshoe is met by Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard.

    At the ensuing inquest, Hercule is almost indicted because the blowpipe is found behind his seat on the aeroplane. Level heads prevail and Hercule, inspector Japp, and Monsieur Fournier of the Surete in France combine their efforts to solve this case. Of course the reader knows that Hercule Poirot will solve the mystery using his " little grey cells " without the aide of his fellow detectives. Mais oui! I have to admit that I had no idea who killed Marie Morisot, only our squat Poirot, who depends on logic alone would have a chance of solving this murder. He eventually whittles down the other ten suspects to four and zeroes in on the murderer, or murderess. It's always so much fun trying to figure out who the killer is in Agatha's novels, but this time I didn't have any luck!

    One of the amazing traits of an Agatha novel is how she can develop the characterization of so many suspects while also leaving the reader with a sense of sympathy for most of them. All that in under 300 pages! She was truly a great writer. I also get a sense of what is happening in the world at the time of publication. In this case it's 1935 and World War II is right around the corner. How about the words and expressions she uses, such as; saltcellar ( a salt shaker ), or Continental Bradshaw ( a guide for railway and steamship navigation ) or kerb ( curb ). This is what I love about a Agatha Christie novel- you get a great mystery and the cognizance of the times. Grab a copy of this Hercule novel and try to figure out which suspect is the killer, then move on to the next novel,'The A. B. C. Murders'.
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  • Mystery addict
    5.0 out of 5 stars Agatha is always excellent
    Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2024
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    This Agatha Christie mystery keeps the reader involved and interested as a variety of suspects are interviewed and. onsidered for the role of murderer in a seemingly impossible murder. As usual, Agatha provide a twist at the end that you didn't see coming. A classic mystery!
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  • Patrick L.
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book left the reader hanging in mid-air
    Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025
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    Excellent location for a murder. Poirot was his usual methodical self. Every person on the plane was a suspect. The murder didn't seem possible given the evidence. The person murdered seemed unlikely, but as the reader discovers, is a likely victim. Likely written. Would recommend to others.
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  • Christopher P. Bragg
    5.0 out of 5 stars Best yet
    Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2025
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    I have read most of Agatha Christie. This was the best. The ending was so surprising. Lots of fun and highly recommend.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hercule Poirot mystery is always masterful.
    Reviewed in Canada on September 25, 2022
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    Great reading from Agatha Christie.
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  • Bete Fujita
    1.0 out of 5 stars Preço abusivo
    Reviewed in Brazil on February 9, 2022
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    Livro sempre é bom, mas o custoxbenefício deste livro em relação ao acabamento deixa a desejar... eu costumava viajar muito e sempre comprava os chamados livros paper back, ou pocket books, mas pagava USD 5 - USD 10, ou seja, no máximo convertendo em moeda de hoje, BRL 50. O valor de BRL 90 + frete, para este livro achei abusivo. Mas como comecei esta resenha, livro é sempre bom, mas a versão econômica desta obra deixou a desejar pelo valor.
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  • MEDE
    5.0 out of 5 stars Richtig toll
    Reviewed in Germany on December 4, 2024
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    Die Geschichte von Agathy Christie hat mir wirklich sehr gut gefallen.

    Kurz zur Story, ohne natürlich etwas zu verraten:
    Auf einen Flug von Frankreich nach England kommt es zu einem merkwürdigen Mord. Weder der Täter noch die Todesursache sind wirklich klar. Jeder der sich im Flugzeug befundenen Personen könnte der Mörder sein. Poirot, der ebenfalls im Flugzeug war, schließt sich den Ermittlungen an.

    Die Geschichte ist wirklich spannend erzählt. Für mich eine der besseren Christie Romane. Kann ich nur empfehlen.

    Vielen Dank für das Lesen meiner Rezension. Ich hoffe, sie ist hilfreich. 😊
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    MEDE
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Richtig toll

    Reviewed in Germany on December 4, 2024
    Die Geschichte von Agathy Christie hat mir wirklich sehr gut gefallen.

    Kurz zur Story, ohne natürlich etwas zu verraten:
    Auf einen Flug von Frankreich nach England kommt es zu einem merkwürdigen Mord. Weder der Täter noch die Todesursache sind wirklich klar. Jeder der sich im Flugzeug befundenen Personen könnte der Mörder sein. Poirot, der ebenfalls im Flugzeug war, schließt sich den Ermittlungen an.

    Die Geschichte ist wirklich spannend erzählt. Für mich eine der besseren Christie Romane. Kann ich nur empfehlen.

    Vielen Dank für das Lesen meiner Rezension. Ich hoffe, sie ist hilfreich. 😊
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another great book
    Reviewed in India on February 19, 2024
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    As always Agatha Christie never fails to deliver a thrilling murder mystery with Hercule Poirot. A must read for any of her fan!
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  • Anirban Chakravarty
    4.0 out of 5 stars This lady doesn't fails to deliver...
    Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on May 13, 2022
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    A superb whodinut
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