Hercule Poirot boards an airplane from Paris to Croydon and before the plane lands, a woman is found dead in her seat. Although at first glance it seems as if her death was a natural result of being stung by a wasp, it is sharp-eyed Poirot who notices the tiny dart on the floor near the victim's feet, and it quickly becomes apparent that she had been murdered, especially when the blowpipe is found. Known as Madame Giselle, a wealthy moneylender with a seemingly long list of possible suspects, both the police and Poirot look into the passengers for a possible motive, though it troubles Poirot the seeming audacity of a killer who would use a blowpipe as a murder weapon- and the fact that no one saw anything, not even Poirot himself.
Published in 1935.
Also published as Death in the Air.
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