Detectives and Young Adventurers: The Complete Short Stories. Agatha Christie

      Agatha Christie

      Detectives

       and Young Adventurers The Complete Short Stories

      Copyright

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

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      This collection first published 2008

      Copyright © 2008 Agatha Christie Ltd.

      Agatha Christie asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available at the British Library

       The publishers would like to acknowledge the help of Karl Pike in the preparation of this volume.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007284191

      Ebook Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780007438983 Version: 2017-11-20

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Part One - Tommy & Tuppence: Young Adventurers Ltd

      Author’s Foreword

      Chapter 1 - A Fairy in the Flat

      Chapter 2 - The Affair of the Pink Pearl

      Chapter 3 - The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger

      Chapter 4 - Finessing the King

      Chapter 5 - The Case of the Missing Lady

      Chapter 6 - Blindman’s Buff

      Chapter 7 - The Man in the Mist

      Chapter 8 - The Crackler

      Chapter 9 - The Sunningdale Mystery

      Chapter 10 - The House of Lurking Death

      Chapter 11 - The Unbreakable Alibi

      Chapter 12 - The Clergyman’s Daughter

      Chapter 13 - The Ambassador’s Boots

      Chapter 14 - The Man Who Was No. 16

      Part Two - The Mysterious Harley Quin

      Author’s Foreword

      Chapter 1 - The Coming of Mr Quin

      Chapter 2 - The Shadow on the Glass

      Chapter 3 - At the ‘Bells and Motley’

      Chapter 4 - The Sign in the Sky

      Chapter 5 - The Soul of the Croupier

      Chapter 6 - The Man from the Sea

      Chapter 7 - The Voice in the Dark

      Chapter 8 - The Face of Helen

      Chapter 9 - The Dead Harlequin

      Chapter 10 - The Bird with the Broken Wing

      Chapter 11 - The World’s End

      Chapter 12 - Harlequin’s Lane

      Chapter 13 - The Love Detectives

      Chapter 14 - The Harlequin Tea Set

      Part Three - Parker Pyne, Investigator

      Author’s Foreword

      Chapter 1 - The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife

      Chapter 2 - The Case of the Discontented Soldier

      Chapter 3 - The Case of the Distressed Lady

      Chapter 4 - The Case of the Discontented Husband

      Chapter 5 - The Case of the City Clerk

      Chapter 6 - The Case of the Rich Woman

      Chapter 7 - Have You Got Everything You Want?

      Chapter 8 - The Gate of Baghdad

      Chapter 9 - The House at Shiraz

      Chapter 10 - The Pearl of Price

      Chapter 11 - Death on the Nile

      Chapter 12 - The Oracle at Delphi

      Chapter 13 - Problem at Pollensa Bay

      Chapter 14 - The Regatta Mystery

      Part Four - Hercule Poirot: Belgian Detective

      Editor’s note

      Chapter 1 - The Submarine Plans

      Chapter 2 - Christmas Adventure

      Chapter 3 - The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest

      Chapter 4 - The Second Gong

      Postscript - The Christmas Stories

      Editor’s note

      Chapter 1 - Star Over Bethlehem

      Chapter 2 - The Naughty Donkey

      Chapter 3 - The Water Bus

      Chapter 4 - In the Cool of the Evening

      Chapter 5 - Promotion in the Highest

      Chapter 6 - The Island

      Appendix - Short Story Chronology

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       About the Publisher

      Part One

       Tommy & Tuppence: Young Adventurers Ltd

      Author’s Foreword

      I published a book of short stories