 Dust-jacket illustration of the UK first edition. | |
| Author | Agatha Christie |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead and Company |
Publication date | March 1949 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 211 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-713686-5 |
| Preceded by | The Rose and the Yew Tree |
| Followed by | A Murder Is Announced |
Crooked House is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1949[1] and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 23 May of the same year.[2]
The action takes place in and near London in the autumn of 1947. Christie said the titles of this novel and Ordeal by Innocence were her favourites amongst her own works.
- ^ American Tribute to Agatha Christie
- ^ The Scotsman 19 May 1949 (p. 9)