The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
A 1948 US collection of Agatha Christie short stories.
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories is a short story collection by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1948. It includes the story "The Second Gong", which features Hercule Poirot, the only character in the volume who appears elsewhere in Christie's work.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Cover artist
- Paul Galdone
- Country
- United Kingdom; United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Detective fiction; short story
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead and Company
- Released
- 1948
- Format
- Print (hardback & paperback)
Facts from the source article.
Publication history
The first edition was a hardcover released in 1948 by Dodd Mead and Co. in New York, running 272 pages. A paperback edition followed in 1956 from Dell Books (Dell number 855, 192 pages), and another in 1984 from Berkley Books (Berkley number 07997-X, 230 pages). The initial magazine appearances of the stories are not fully documented. Known US periodical publications include "The Mystery of the Blue Jar" in a 1924 issue of Metropolitan Magazine; "The Witness for the Prosecution" (as "Traitor's Hands") in the 31 January 1925 issue of Flynn's Weekly; "Where There's a Will" (as "Wireless") in the 1 March 1926 issue of Mystery Magazine; and "The Second Gong" in the June 1932 issue of Ladies Home Journal, with an illustration by R.J. Prohaska.
Several stories appeared unillustrated in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: "Accident" in March 1943; "Sing a Song of Sixpence" in February 1947; "The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl" in April 1947; "The Red Signal" in June 1947; "The Fourth Man" in October 1947; and "S.O.S." in December 1947. For first UK publications, see the applicable UK collections.
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