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| Author | Agatha Christie |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime |
| Published | 16 November 1964 (Collins Crime Club) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 256 (first edition, hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-451-19992-8 |
| Preceded by | The Clocks |
| Followed by | Star Over Bethlehem and other stories |
A Caribbean Mystery is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 16 November 1964[1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year.[2][3] The UK edition retailed at sixteen shillings (16/-)[1] and the US edition at $4.50.[3] It features the detective Miss Marple.
Two reviewers at the time the novel was published said that Agatha Christie was returning to the top of her form.[4][5] A critic writing in 1990 judged this plot to be standard fare for any writer who travels to the Caribbean and needs double duty out of a vacation.[6]
Two of the major characters reappear in the novel Nemesis, published in 1971. Jason Rafiel reappears posthumously, and his assistant Esther Walters assists Miss Marple in the early chapters of the subsequent story.
- ^ a b Peers, Chris; Spurrier, Ralph; Sturgeon, Jamie; Foord, Peter; Williams, Richard (March 1999). Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions (Second ed.). Dragonby Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-1871122138.
- ^ Cooper, John; Pyke, B A (1994). Detective Fiction – the collector's guide (Second ed.). Scholar Press. pp. 82, 87. ISBN 0-85967-991-8.
- ^ a b Marcus, J S (May 2007). "American Tribute to Agatha Christie: The Golden Years: 1953 - 1967". Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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