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The A.B.C. Murders (1936) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - A.B.C. Murders 1936 UK

The A.B.C. Murders is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, featuring her characters Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings and Chief Inspector Japp, as they contend with a series of killings by a mysterious murderer known only as “A.B.C.”. The book was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on […]

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Cards on the Table (1936) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - Cards on the Table 1936 UK

Cards on the Table is a detective fiction novel by the English author Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition

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Appointment with Death (1938) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - Appointment with Death 1938 UK

Appointment with Death is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 May 1938 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US

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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas (1938) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Christie Hercule Poirot's Christmas 1938 UK

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 19 December 1938 (although the first edition is copyright dated 1939). It retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). It was published in US by Dodd, Mead and Company in

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The Regatta Mystery (1939) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - The Regatta Mystery 1939 US

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1939. The first edition retailed at $2.00. The stories feature, with one exception (“In a Glass Darkly”), Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple or Parker Pyne, Christie’s detectives. The collection

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Ten Little Niggers (1939) – Agatha Christie | First Edition Identification Guide

Agatha Christie - Ten Little Niggers 1939 UK

Ten Little Niggers is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November 1939, after the children’s counting rhyme and minstrel song, which serves as a major

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