Murder by Air is a 1937 adventure novel written by Captain W. E. Johns, best known as the creator of the Biggles series.
Key Details
- Series: The third book in the “Steeley” series, featuring the former air smuggler Captain “Steeley” Delaroy.
- Comrades: Steeley is joined by his two companions, “Tubby” Wilde and Brian Ballantyne.
- Plot: After a fatal flying club accident is quickly dismissed as an accident by a local coroner, Steeley and his friends investigate, uncovering a dangerous trail involving secret aircraft plans and covert operations.
- Publication: Originally published in 1937 by George Newnes Limited, with a revised and reset edition released in 1951.
Quite SCARCE. (No dustjacket and minor markings.) Second impression, July 1951
