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Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

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laurenceaa's review against another edition

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4.0

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mo_mentan's review

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4.0

*3.5 this was an ok one, not a great one. i enjoyed the sleuthing in a group, i did not enjoy the misogyny (the racism went mostly over my head in this one, i wasn't very focused).
but wasn't the hottie the murderer just in the last installment or so? i think i'm reading too many of these.
i was so sure the dentist's mirrors would be to look around the edge but nope. well, i dunno

michelehoward's review

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3.0

A little predictable. But still Hercule can't be beaten.

lesserjoke's review

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4.0

This 1935 story, also published as Death in the Air, is an entertaining, quasi-locked-room whodunnit: a murder that takes place on a passenger plane, although most of Poirot's follow-up investigations and discoveries are conducted back on the ground. I especially like the mystery novelist character whom author Agatha Christie uses to poke fun at herself and her fellow practitioners of the genre, and the added dose of realism in how poor all the witness memories turn out to be. As usual, the detective's focus on motive -- or as he puts it, who benefits from the crime -- helps guide the way to a solution, but there are ample red herrings of variable plausibility obscuring the clues along the way. It's a fine caper overall, and would probably be a good introduction to the writer / series for anyone unfamiliar.

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