Death of an Airman

George Furnace flight instructor at Baston Aero Club dies instantly when his plane crashes into the English countryside. People who knew him are baffled—Furnace was a first-rate pilot and the plane was in perfect condition—and the inquest records a verdict of death by misadventure. An Australian visitor to the aero club Edwin Marriott Bishop of Cootamundra suspects that the true story is more complicated. Could this be a dramatic suicide—or even murder? Together with Inspector Bray of Scotland Yard the intrepid bishop must uncover a cunning criminal scheme.