Third Girl

Third Girl
Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition
AuthorAgatha Christie
Cover artistKenneth Farnhill
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHercule Poirot
GenreCrime novel
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
November 1966
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages256 (first edition, hardcover)
Preceded byThe Clocks 
Followed byHallowe'en Party 

Third Girl is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1966[1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year.[2][3] The UK edition retailed at eighteen shillings (18/-)[1] and the US edition at $4.50.[3]

It features her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and the recurring character Ariadne Oliver. The novel is notable for being the first in many years in which Poirot is present from beginning to end. It is uncommon in that the investigation includes discovering the first crime, which happens comparatively late in the novel.

  1. ^ a b Peers, Chris; Spurrier, Ralph; Sturgeon, Jamie (March 1999). Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions (Second ed.). Dragonby Press. p. 15.
  2. ^ Cooper, John; Pyke, B A (1994). Detective Fiction – the collector's guide (Second ed.). Scholar Press. pp. 82, 87. ISBN 0-85967-991-8.
  3. ^ a b Marcum, J S (May 2007). "American Tribute to Agatha Christie, The Golden Years: 1953 - 1967".