The Four suspects [short story] by Agatha…

The Four suspects [short story] (edition 1987)

by Agatha Christie

Series: Miss Marple: Chronological (2.3)

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Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems. A doctor who helped bring about the downfall of a secret German organization is convinced that the members will seek revenge

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Title:	The Four suspects [short story]
Authors:	Agatha Christie
Info:	In: Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, the Complete Short Stories, (Boston, MA : G.K. Hall & Co., 1987, c1985) pp.159-180. (various reprintings) Also in: Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems, (London : Collins, 1932). (various reprintings, including under the titles Miss Marple and the Thirteen Problems and the Tuesday Club Murders) Also in: Agatha Christie, 13 Clues for Miss Marple (New York : Dodd, 1966) (various reprintings) Also in: Agatha Christie, 13 for Luck! (New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1961) pp. 109-125. (various reprintings)
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The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie

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Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie (indirect)

The Complete Miss Marple Collection (Miss Marple Mysteries) by Agatha Christie (indirect)

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Agatha Christie Crime Collection: Hallowe'en Party, Passenger to Frankfurt, The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie (indirect)

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Peril at End House [and] The Tuesday Club Murders by Agatha Christie (indirect)

The Tuesday Club Murders [and] Crooked House by Agatha Christie (indirect)

The Tuesday Club Murders / Taken at the Flood / Crooked House by Agatha Christie (indirect)

The Thirteen Problems [and] The Mousetrap and Other Stories by Agatha Christie (indirect)

A Diabólica Casa Isolada + Os Treze Problemas by Agatha Christie (indirect)

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Gossington Hall, St. Mary Mead, England, UK

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Previously published in the print anthology The Thirteen Problems. A doctor who helped bring about the downfall of a secret German organization is convinced that the members will seek revenge

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In: Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, the Complete Short Stories, (Boston, MA : G.K. Hall & Co., 1987, c1985) pp.159-180. (various reprintings)

Also in: Agatha Christie, The Thirteen Problems, (London : Collins, 1932). (various reprintings, including under the titles Miss Marple and the Thirteen Problems and the Tuesday Club Murders)

Also in: Agatha Christie, 13 Clues for Miss Marple (New York : Dodd, 1966) (various reprintings)

Also in: Agatha Christie, 13 for Luck! (New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1961) pp. 109-125. (various reprintings)

The third of the stories told at the Bantrys' dinner party, this is recounted by Sir Henry Clithering, retired Commissioner of Scotland Yard. Dr. Rosen helped bring down the Schwartze Hand, a German secret society. Knowing that his life is in danger from members who escaped arrest, he moves to England and sets up a small household in King's Gnaton, Somerset. He dies in a fall, but no-one in the house seems to be a likely murderer.

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