 Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition | |
| Author | Agatha Christie |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective fiction Short stories |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club |
Publication date | June 1932 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 256 (first edition, hardcover) |
| Preceded by | Peril at End House |
| Followed by | Lord Edgware Dies |
The Thirteen Problems is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in June 1932[1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1933 under the title The Tuesday Club Murders.[2][3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6)[1] and the US edition at $2.00.[3] The thirteen stories feature the amateur detective Miss Marple, her nephew Raymond West, and her friend Sir Henry Clithering. They are the earliest stories Christie wrote about Miss Marple. The main setting for the frame story is the fictional village of St Mary Mead.
- ^ a b Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon. Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions. Dragonby Press (Second Edition) March 1999 (p. 14)
- ^ John Cooper and B.A. Pyke. Detective Fiction – the collector's guide: Second Edition (pp. 82, 87) Scholar Press. 1994; ISBN 0-85967-991-8
- ^ a b Steve Marcum. "American Tribute to Agatha Christie". Home.insightbb.com. Retrieved 7 February 2013.