In Five Little Pigs Hercule Poirot is called to take up a murder which happened 16 years ago and find the real culprit; will he manage it?
Death in the Clouds is a thrilling murder mystery/crime book in which, Hercule Poirot, a distinctive Belgian detective, gets on the trail of a murder committed practically right in front of him. It happened, peculiarly, not on the ground but up in the air, on a flight from Paris to Croydon. Because the murder was committed on a flight, it appears that there are not many possibilities to have committed a murder but as time goes on, the reader can suspect anyone and the possibilities become infinite. Poirot must solve the mystery and bring the murderer to justice.
This book was published in 1935 and is very much written in an old-fashioned style but is very easy to read and understand. The author uses some unusual phrases but they are not hard to decipher.
The book is written in a series of short chapters which keep the reader interested and intrigued as many of the chapters end on cliffhangers. There are also many twists in Death in the Clouds so that just when Christie leads you to fully believe and suspect one person to be the murderer they are cleared and when the murderer is revealed the result is so unexpected that it leaves you in awe of the amazing talent that Agatha Christie had.
This was a gripping tale of suspicion and suspense and I highly recommend it to anyone of about 11 years old and upwards.
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