Chapter Appendix 1
Agatha Christie Chronology

Dates of publication refer to the UK editions

 

1921

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

 

1922

The Secret Adversary

 

1923

The Murder on the Links

 

1924

The Man in the Brown Suit

Poirot Investigates:

The Adventure of ‘The Western Star’

The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb

The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan

The Kidnapped Prime Minister

The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim

The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman

The Case of the Missing Will

The Road of Dreams (poetry)

 

1925

The Secret of Chimneys

 

1926

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

 

1927

The Big Four

 

1928

The Mystery of the Blue Train

 

1929

The Seven Dials Mystery

Partners in Crime:

A Fairy in the Flat/A Pot of Tea

The Affair of the Pink Pearl

The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger

Finessing the King/The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper

The Case of the Missing Lady

Blindman’s Buff

The Man in the Mist

The Crackler

The Sunningdale Mystery

The House of Lurking Death

The Unbreakable Alibi

The Clergyman’s Daughter/The Red House

The Ambassador’s Boots

The Man Who Was No. 16

 

1930

The Mysterious Mr Quin:

The Coming of Mr Quin

The Shadow on the Glass

At the ‘Bells and Motley’

The Sign in the Sky

The Soul of the Croupier

The Man from the Sea

The Voice in the Dark

The Face of Helen

The Dead Harlequin

The Bird with the Broken Wing

The World’s End

Harlequin’s Lane

The Murder at the Vicarage

Black Coffee (stage play)

Behind the Screen (radio serial, co-authored)

Giant’s Bread (as Mary Westmacott)

 

1931

The Sittaford Mystery

Chimneys (stage play)

The Floating Admiral (co-authored)

The Scoop (radio serial,co-authored)

 

1932

Peril at End House

The Thirteen Problems:

The Tuesday Night Club

The Idol House of Astarte

Ingots of Gold

The Blood-Stained Pavement

Motive v. Opportunity

The Thumb Mark of St Peter

The Blue Geranium

The Companion

The Four Suspects

A Christmas Tragedy

The Herb of Death

The Affair at the Bungalow

Death by Drowning

 

1933

Lord Edgware Dies

The Hound of Death:

The Hound of Death

The Red Signal

The Fourth Man

The Gypsy

The Lamp

Wireless

The Witness for the Prosecution

The Mystery of the Blue Jar

The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael

The Call of Wings

The Last Seance

SOS

 

1934

Murder on the Orient Express

The Listerdale Mystery:

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 Eastwood’s Adventure

The Golden Ball

The Rajah’s Emerald

Swan Song

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?

Parker Pyne Investigates:

The Case of the Middle-aged Wife

The Case of the Discontented Soldier

The Case of the Distressed Lady

The Case of the Discontented Husband

The Case of the City Clerk

The Case of the Rich Woman

Have You Got Everything You Want?

The Gate of Baghdad

The House at Shiraz

The Pearl of Price

Death on the Nile

The Oracle at Delphi

Unfinished Portrait (as Mary Westmacott)

 

1935

Three Act Tragedy

Death in the Clouds

 

1936

The A.B.C. Murders

Murder in Mesopotamia

Cards on the Table

 

1937

Dumb Witness

Death on the Nile

Murder in the Mews:

Murder in the Mews

The Incredible Theft

Dead Man’s Mirror

Triangle at Rhodes

 

Wasp’s Nest (TV play)

Yellow Iris (radio play)

 

1938

Appointment with Death

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

 

1939

Murder is Easy

Ten Little Niggers/And Then There Were None

 

1940

Sad Cypress

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

 

1941

Evil under the Sun

N or M?

 

1942

The Body in the Library

 

1943

Five Little Pigs

The Moving Finger

And Then There Were None (stage play)

 

1944

Towards Zero

Absent in the Spring (as Mary Westmacott)

 

1945

Death Comes as the End

Sparkling Cyanide

Appointment with Death (stage play)

 

1946

The Hollow

Murder on the Nile/Hidden Horizon (stage play)

Come, Tell Me How You Live (memoir)

 

1947

The Labours of Hercules:

Foreword

The Nemean Lion

The Lernean Hydra

The Arcadian Deer

The Erymanthian Boar

The Augean Stables

The Stymphalean Birds

The Cretan Bull

The Horses of Diomedes

The Girdle of Hyppolita

The Flock of Geryon

The Apples of Hesperides

The Capture of Cerberus

Three Blind Mice (radio play)

 

1948

Taken at the Flood

Butter in a Lordly Dish (radio play)

The Rose and the Yew Tree (as Mary Westmacott)

 

1949

Crooked House

 

1950

A Murder is Announced

 

1951

They Came to Baghdad

The Hollow (stage play)

 

1952

Mrs McGinty’s Dead

They Do It with Mirrors

The Mousetrap (stage play)

A Daughter’s a Daughter (as Mary Westmacott)

 

1953

After the Funeral

A Pocket Full of Rye

Witness for the Prosecution (stage play)

 

1954

Destination Unknown

Spider’s Web (stage play)

Personal Call (radio play)

 

1955

Hickory Dickory Dock

 

1956

Dead Man’s Folly

A Daughter’s a Daughter (stage play)

Towards Zero (stage play)

The Burden (as Mary Westmacott)

 

1957

4.50 from Paddington

 

1958

Ordeal by Innocence

Verdict (stage play)

The Unexpected Guest (stage play)

 

1959

Cat among the Pigeons

 

1960

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding:

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

The Under Dog

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

The Dream

Greenshaw’s Folly

Go Back for Murder (stage play)

 

1961

The Pale Horse

 

1962

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side

Rule of Three (3 one-act plays):

Afternoon at the Seaside

The Rats

The Patient

 

1963

The Clocks

 

1964

A Caribbean Mystery

 

1965

At Bertram’s Hotel

Star over Bethlehem (poetry and stories):

Star over Bethlehem

The Naughty Donkey

The Water Bus

In the Cool of the Evening

Promotion in the Highest

The Island

 

1966

Third Girl

 

1967

Endless Night

 

1968

By the Pricking of my Thumbs

 

1969

Hallowe’en Party

 

1970

Passenger to Frankfurt

 

1971

Nemesis

 

1972

Elephants Can Remember

Fiddlers Five/Fiddlers Three (stage play)

 

1973

Postern of Fate

Poems (poetry)

Akhnaton (stage play)

 

1974

Poirot’s Early Cases:

The Affair at the Victory Ball

The Adventure of the Clapham Cook

The Cornish Mystery

The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

The Double Clue

The King of Clubs

The Lemesurier Inheritance

The Lost Mine

The Plymouth Express

The Chocolate Box

The Submarine Plans

The Third Floor Flat

Double Sin

The Market Basing Mystery

Wasp’s Nest

The Veiled Lady

Problem at Sea

How Does Your Garden Grow?

 

1975

Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case

 

1976

Sleeping Murder

 

1977

An Autobiography (memoir)

 

1979

Miss Marple’s Final Cases:

Sanctuary

Strange Jest

Tape-Measure Murder

The Case of the Caretaker

The Case of the Perfect Maid

Miss Marple Tells a Story

The Dressmaker’s Doll

In a Glass Darkly

 

1982

(in The Agatha Christie Hour):

Magnolia Blossom

 

1991

Problem at Pollensa Bay:

Problem at Pollensa Bay

The Second Gong

Yellow Iris

The Harlequin Tea Set

The Regatta Mystery

The Love Detectives

Next to a Dog

(Magnolia Blossom)

 

1997

While the Light Lasts:

The House of Dreams

The Actress

The Edge

Christmas Adventure

The Lonely God

Manx Gold

Within a Wall

The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest

While the Light Lasts

 

2008

(in Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories):

Poirot and the Regatta Mystery

 

2009

(in Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks):

The Capture of Cerberus

The Incident of the Dog’s Ball

 

2011

(in Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making):

The Man Who Knew

The Case of the Caretaker’s Wife