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  1. Contents
  2. The Last Séance
  3. In a Glass Darkly
  4. S.O.S.
  5. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
  6. The Fourth Man
  7. The Idol House of Astarte
  8. The Gipsy
  9. Philomel Cottage
  10. The Lamp
  11. The Dream
  12. Wireless
  13. The Wife of the Kenite
  14. The Mystery of the Blue Jar
  15. The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
  16. The Blue Geranium
  17. The Call of Wings
  18. The Flock of Geryon
  19. The Red Signal
  20. The Dressmaker’s Doll
  21. The Hound of Death
  22. Bibliography
  23. About the Author
  24. Also by Agatha Christie
  25. Copyright
  26. About the Publisher

THE FOURTH MAN

First published in the UK in issue 250 of The Grand Magazine in December 1925, and in the US in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Vol. 10, No. 47, in October 1947. Reprinted in The Hound of Death and Other Stories (UK, 1933) and The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (US, 1948).

THE IDOL HOUSE OF ASTARTE

First published in the UK in Royal Magazine No. 351 in January 1928, and in the US as ‘The Solving Six and the Evil Hour’ in Detective Story Magazine, Vol. 101, No. 6, on 9 June 1928. Reprinted in The Thirteen Problems (UK, 1932) aka The Tuesday Club Murders (US, 1933).

THE GIPSY

First published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories (UK, 1933) and The Golden Ball and Other Stories (US, 1971).

PHILOMEL COTTAGE

First published in the UK in issue 237 of The Grand Magazine in November 1924. Reprinted in The Listerdale Mystery and Other Stories (UK, 1934) and The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (US, 1948).

THE LAMP

First published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories (UK, 1933) and The Golden Ball and Other Stories (US, 1971).

THE DREAM

First published in the UK in Strand Magazine No. 566 in February 1938, and in the US in The Saturday Evening Post Vol. 210, No. 17, on 23 October 1937. Reprinted in The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (US, 1939) and The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées (UK, 1960).

WIRELESS

First published in the UK in the Sunday Chronicle Annual in autumn 1926, and in the US in Mystery Magazine on 1 March 1926. Reprinted in The Hound of Death and Other Stories (UK, 1933) and as ‘Where There’s a Will’ in The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (US, 1948).

THE WIFE OF THE KENITE

First published in Australia in The Home magazine in September 1922. Reprinted in Bodies from the Library (ed. Tony Medawar, UK, 2018).

THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE JAR

First published in the UK in issue 233 of The Grand Magazine in July 1924 and in the US in Metropolitan Magazine the same year. Reprinted in The Hound of Death and Other Stories (UK, 1933) and The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (US, 1948).

THE STRANGE CASE OF SIR ARTHUR CARMICHAEL

First published as ‘The Strange Case of Sir Andrew Carmichael’ in The Hound of Death and Other Stories (UK, 1933) and The Golden Ball and Other Stories (US, 1971).

THE BLUE GERANIUM

First published in the UK in issue 272 of The Royal Magazine in December 1929 and in the US in Pictorial Review Vol. 31, No. 5 in February 1930. Reprinted in The Thirteen Problems (UK, 1932) aka The Tuesday Club Murders (US, 1933).

THE CALL OF WINGS

First published in The Hound of Death and Other Stories (UK, 1933) and The Golden Ball and Other Stories (US, 1971).

THE FLOCK OF GERYON

First published in the UK in Strand Magazine No. 596 in August 1940, and in the US as ‘Weird Monster’ in This Week on 26 May 1940. Reprinted in The Labours of Hercules (UK, 1947) aka The Labors of Hercules (US, 1947).