’It will be a very acute reader who does not receive a complete surprise at the end."

--Times Literary Supplement

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...

1 Paris to Croydon 11

2 Discovery 23

3 Croydon 31

4 The Inquest 55

5 After the Inquest 71

6 Consultation 83

7 Probabilities 91

8 The List 109

9 Elise Grandier 117

10 The Little Black Book 127

11 The American 141

12 At Horbury Chase 163

13 At Antoine’s 175

14 At Muswell Hill 189

15 InBloomsbury 209

16 Plan of Campaign 2135

17 In Wandsworth 225

18 In Queen Victoria Street 231

19 Enter and Exit Mr Robinson 237

20 In Harley Street 253

21 The Three Clues 259

22 Jane Takes a New Job 267

23 Anne Morisot 279

24 A Broken Finger-Nail 293

25 ’I Am Afraid’ 299

26 After Dinner Speech 311