Delicious Death

UK

Collins, London, Jul. 1935

US

Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, Mar. 1935 as "Death in the Air"

The Saturday Evening Post, Feb.9-Mar.16 1935 as 'Death in the Air'

Plot

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 realise was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.

Contents

1. Paris to Croydon • 2. Discovery • 3. Croydon • 4. The Inquest • 5. After the Inquest • 6. Consultation • 7. Probabilities • 8. The List • 9. Elise Grandier • 10. The Little Black Book • 11. The American • 12. At Horbury Chase • 13. At Antoine's • 14. At Muswell Hill • 15. In Bloomsbury • 16. Plan of Campaign • 17. In Wandsworth • 18. In Queen Victoria Street • 19. Enter and Exit Mr Robinson • 20. In Harley Street • 21. The Three Clues • 22. Jane Takes a New Job • 23. Anne Morisot • 24. A Broken Finger-Nail • 25. 'I Am Afraid' • 26. After Dinner Speech

Characters

Hercule Poirot • Jane Grey • Norman Gale • Madame Giselle • Venetia Kerr • Jean Dupont • Daniel Clancy • Mitchell • Inspector Fornier

Films & TV

Death in the Clouds, ITV/UK, 1992

Agahta Christie's POIROT IV

Kumo no naka no shi, NHK/JP, 2005

Meitantei POIROT to MARPLE