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The Thirteen Problems (1932) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - Thirteen Problems 1933 UK

The Thirteen Problems is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in June 1932 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1933 under the title The Tuesday Club Murders. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the […]

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The Hound of Death (1933) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - Hound of Death 1933 UK

The Hound of Death and Other Stories is a collection of twelve short stories by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom in October 1933. Unusually, the collection was not published by Christie’s regular publishers, William Collins & Sons, but by Odhams Press, and was not available to purchase in shops. This

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Murder on the Orient Express (1934) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha CHristie - Murder on the Orient Express UK 1934

Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934, under the title of Murder

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Unfinished Portrait (1934) – Mary Westmacott | First Edition Identification Guide

Mary Westmacott - Unfinished Portrait 1934 UK

Unfinished Portrait is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins in March 1934 and in the US by Doubleday later in the same year. The British edition retailed for seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00. It is the second of six novels

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Lord Edgware Dies (1933) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - Lord Edgware Dies 1933 UK

Lord Edgware Dies is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in September 1933 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year under the title of Thirteen at Dinner. Before its book publication, the novel was serialised

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The Listerdale Mystery (1934) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - Listerdale Mystery 1934 UK

The Listerdale Mystery is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins and Sons in June 1934. The book retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). The collection did not appear in the US; however, all of the stories contained within it did appear in other

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Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (1934) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - Why Didn't They Ask Evans 1934 UK

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in September 1934 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1935 under the title of The Boomerang Clue. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and

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Murder in Three Acts (1934) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - Murder in Three Acts 1934 US

Three Act Tragedy is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1934 under the title Murder in Three Acts and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1935 under Christie’s original title. The US edition retailed at

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Parker Pyne Investigates (1934) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Parker Pyne Investigates is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins and Sons in November 1934. Along with The Listerdale Mystery, this collection did not appear under the usual imprint of the Collins Crime Club but instead appeared as part of the Collins Mystery series.

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