The Listerdale Mystery and Eleven Other Stories

agatha christie hugh fraser

First published in 1934, this collection of Agatha Christie short stories features 12 ingenious tales involving mystery and adventure, from a stolen rajah's emerald to a necklace discovered in a basket of cherries to a mystery writer's bizarre near-arrest for murder.

The Listerdale mystery
Philomel Cottage
The girl in the train
Sing a song of sixpence
The manhood of Edward Robinson
Accident
Jane in search of a job
A fruitful Sunday
Mr Eastowood's adventure
The golden ball
The Rajah's emerald
Swan song

Genres agatha christiemysteryshort storiescrimefictionclassicsdetectivemystery thrillerbritish literaturethriller

7 pages, Audio CD

First published January 1,1934

This edition

Format: 7 pages, Audio CD
Published: January 11, 2006 by BBC Audiobooks America
ISBN: 9781572704978
ASIN: 1572704977
Language: English

Characters More characters

Mrs. St. Vincent

In The Listerdale Mystery.Mother of Rupert and Barbara St. Vincent.more...
Lord Listerdale

In The Listerdale Mystery.more...
Alix Martin

In Philomel Cottage.more...
Gerald Martin

In Philomel Cottage.more...
Dick Windyford

In Philomel Cottage.more...
George Rowland

In The Girl in the Train.more...

About the author

agatha christie

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサクリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)