Three Blind Mice and Other Stories is a short story collection by Agatha Christie published in the US only by Dodd Mead in 1950 probably in early February of that year.[1] The stories in the collection had all been published in various US magazines previously.
Stories[]
- Three Blind Mice
- Strange Jest
- Tape-Measure Murder
- The Case of the Perfect Maid
- The Case of the Caretaker
- The Third Floor Flat
- The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds
- The Love Detectives
Publication history[]
- 1950, Dodd, Mead and Company (New York), Hardback, 250 pp
- 1952, Dell Books, Paperback, 224 pp, (Dell number 633)
- 1960, Dell Books, Paperback, as The Mousetrap and other stories, (Dell number D354)
- 1984, Berkley Books, Paperback, 212 pp, (Berkley number 06806-4)
First publication of stories in the US[]
- The Adventure of Johnny Waverly: June 1925 (Volume XLI, Number 2) issue of the Blue Book Magazine with an uncredited illustration.
- The Love Detectives: 30 October 1926 (Volume XIX, Number 3) issue of Flynn's Weekly under the title At the Crossroads with uncredited illustrations.
- The Third Floor Flat: 5 January 1929 (Volume CVI, Number 6) issue of Detective Story Magazine under the slightly different title In the Third Floor Flat with an uncredited illustration.
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds: 9 November 1940 (Volume 106, Number 19) issue of Collier's magazine with illustrations by Mario Cooper.
- Strange Jest: 2 November 1941 issue of the weekly newspaper supplement This Week magazine under the title A Case of Buried Treasure.
- The Tape-Measure Murder: 16 November 1941 issue of the weekly newspaper supplement This Week magazine with an illustration by Arthur Sarnoff.
- The Case of the Caretaker: 5 July 1942 edition of the Chicago Sunday Tribune.
- The Case of the Perfect Maid: 13 September 1942 edition of the Chicago Sunday Tribune.
- Three Blind Mice: May 1948 (Volume 124, Number 5) issue of Cosmopolitan magazine with uncredited illustrations.
For first publications in the UK, see the applicable UK collections referenced above.
Audiobook[]
The audiobook version was released in 1986 and was narrated by actor Denholm Elliott.
References[]
- ↑ The earliest US newspaper reviews start appearing around 17 Feb 1950.