Aidan Brack (Mysteries Ahoy)
Written on Jan 30, 2021
This boasts a memorable setting and method of murder but I was unconvinced by the solution.
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Designed to follow the new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century. Complete and Unabridged edition read by Hugh Fraser now available on both audio cassette and CD.
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.
- ISBN13 9780007191116
- Publish Date 20 September 2004 (first published May 1969)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 February 2022
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Edition Unabridged edition
- Format Audiobook (CD)
- Duration 6 hours and 15 minutes
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk
Reviews
brokentune
Written on Jan 3, 2019
I don't have much to say about this one other than that I enjoyed the mystery and enjoyed Poirot's interactions with Miss Grey.
For all the things that make the story memorable, this is the third time I have read the story and still could not remember who the villain of the piece was. So, the actual motive and murderer are less memorable than the circumstances of the crime.