First published in the UK in Storyteller No. 241, May 1927, and in the US in The Magic of Mr Quin No. 5, May 1927. Reprinted in The Mysterious Mr Quin (1930).

The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

First published in the UK in The Sketch No. 1604, 24 October 1923, and in the US as ‘The Italian Nobleman’ in Blue Book Magazine Vol. 40, No. 2, December 1924. Reprinted in Poirot Investigates (UK, 1924; US, 1925).

Jane in Search of a Job

First published in the UK in Grand Magazine No. 234, August 1924. Reprinted in The Listerdale Mystery (UK, 1934) and The Golden Ball (US, 1971).

The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim

First published in the UK in The Sketch No. 1574, 28 March 1923, and in the US as ‘Mr Davenby Disappears’ in Blue Book Magazine Vol. 38, No. 2, December 1923. Reprinted in Poirot Investigates (UK, 1924; US, 1925).

The Idol House of Astarte

First published in the UK in Royal Magazine No. 351, January 1928, and in the US as ‘The Solving Six and the Evil Hour’ in Detective Story Magazine, 9 June 1928. Reprinted in The Thirteen Problems (UK, 1932) and The Tuesday Night Club (US, 1933).

The Rajah’s Emerald

First published in the UK in Red Magazine, 30 July 1926. Reprinted in The Listerdale Mystery (UK, 1934) and The Golden Ball (US, 1971).

The Oracle at Delphi

First published in the UK in Nash’s Pall Mall Vol. 91, No. 482, July 1933, and in the US in Cosmopolitan, April 1933. Reprinted in Parker Pyne Investigates (UK, 1934) and Mr Parker Pyne, Detective (US, 1934).

The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger

First published in the UK in The Sketch No. 1656, 22 October 1924. Reprinted in Partners in Crime (1929).

The Incredible Theft

First published in the UK as ‘The Submarine Plans’, 1923, and later expanded in the Daily Express, 6-12 April 1937. Reprinted as Murder in the Mews (UK, 1937) and Dead Man’s Mirror (US, 1937).

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