Death Flies East

Most of this murder mystery is set upon a flight from California to New York. The story follows the attempts of a paroled nurse, falsely convicted of poisoning, to prove her innocence. She goes to New York to convince a death row inmate at Sing Sing to come clean before he is executed. En route, she encounters a young college prof headed for Navy headquarters in Washington D.C. where he is to deliver secret formulas. Trouble ensues when two passengers are poisoned and the formulas are stolen. Naturally the nurse is the prime suspect. The professor believes she’s innocent. Together they solve the mystery.