Death in the Clouds: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Death in the Clouds: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

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. "It will be a very acute reader who does not receive a complete surprise at the end." -- "Times Literary Supplement" Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English writer best known for her sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections, particularly those revolving around her beloved fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Her stage play, The Mousetrap , stands as the world's longest-running play, performed from 1952 to 2020. She also holds the world record as the bestselling fiction writer of all time (two billion copies) and the most translated individual author. Most of her works have been adapted for television, radio, video games, and graphic novels, and more than thirty feature films are based on her work. Hugh Fraser , an Earphones Award-winning narrator, is an English actor and theater director who is best known for his portrayal of Captain Hastings in the television series Agatha Christie's Poirot . He studied acting at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and is an associate tutor, director, and member of the audition panel at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, specializing in Shakespeare.