Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks

Index of Titles

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The A.B.C. Murders

‘Accident’

‘The Adventure of the Baghdad Chest’

‘The Adventure of the Cheap Flat’

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

‘The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding’

‘The Adventure of the Clapham Cook’

‘The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb’

‘The Affair at the Bungalow’

After the Funeral

Afternoon at the Seaside (play)

Akhnaton (play)

And Then There Were None, see Ten Little Niggers

‘The Apples of the Hesperides’

Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death (play)

‘The Arcadian Deer’

At Bertram’s Hotel

‘The Augean Stables’

An Autobiography

Behind the Screen

The Big Four

‘The Bird with the Broken Wing’

Black Coffee (play)

‘Blindman’s Buff’

‘The Blue Geranium’

The Body in the Library

The Burden

Butter in a Lordly Dish (play)

By the Pricking of my Thumbs

‘The Capture of Cerberus’

Cards on the Table

A Caribbean Mystery

‘The Case of the Caretaker’

‘The Case of the Distressed Lady’

‘The Case of the Missing Will’

‘The Case of the Perfect Maid’

‘The Case of the Regular Customer’, see ‘Four and Twenty Blackbirds’

Cat among the Pigeons

Chimneys (play)

‘Christmas Adventure’

‘A Christmas Tragedy’

‘The Clergyman’s Daughter’

The Clocks

‘The Companion’

‘The Cornish Mystery’

Cover Her Face, see Sleeping Murder

‘The Cretan Bull’

Crooked House

Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case

‘The Dead Harlequin’

Dead Man’s Folly

‘Dead Man’s Mirror’

Death Comes as the End

Death in the Clouds

Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile (play)

‘Death on the Nile’

‘Detective Writers in England’

Destination Unknown

‘The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim’

‘The Double Clue’

‘Double Sin’

‘The Dream’

Dumb Witness

Elephants Can Remember

Endless Night

‘The Erymanthian Boar’ 309, 347, 348, 350, 355-57, 360, 366, 452

Evil under the Sun 29, 39, 54, 64, 68, 81, 159, 160, 182, 254, 266, 268, 310, 312, 322-29, 352

Fiddlers Three (play) 91, 131, 256, 286, 287, 295-99

Five Little Pigs 22, 24, 38, 39, 45, 50, 54, 89, 105, 106, 117, 118, 125-38, 182, 186, 191, 217, 223, 228, 245, 258, 260, 278, 385

The Floating Admiral 61, 64, 102

‘The Flock of Geryon’ 64, 349, 350, 352, 365, 427

‘Four and Twenty Blackbirds’ 105, 107, 108, 124-5

Four-Fifty from Paddington 78, 97, 117, 153, 158, 161, 180, 195, 211-16, 279, 287, 303, 309, 391, 392, 409

‘The Four Suspects’ 173

‘The Girdle of Hyppolita’ 347, 348, 349, 350, 363-4, 425

Go Back for Murder (play) 278

‘Greenshaw’s Folly’ 78, 90, 185, 199, 212, 290

‘The Greenshore Folly’ 80, 185, 188

Hallowe’en Party 47, 258, 310, 313, 339-45, 366, 409

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas 22, 38, 90, 149, 249, 258, 272, 274, 277, 310, 317-22, 360, 373

Hickory Dickory Dock 105, 106, 118, 129, 130-31, 152-8, 201, 210, 308-9

The Hollow 23, 29, 39, 50, 81, 98, 159, 258, 373, 385-91

The Hollow (play) 278, 387

‘The Horses of Diomedes’ 349, 350, 361-3, 427

The Hound of Death 288

‘The House at Shiraz’ 176, 197, 258, 259, 262-5

‘How Does Your Garden Grow’ 105, 108-10, 340, 345, 354, 453, 484

‘The Importance of a Leg of Mutton’ 360

‘The Incident of the Dog’s Ball’ 25, 80, 109, 218, 453-60, 461-84

’The Incredible Theft’ 80

‘Ingots of Gold’ 307

‘Jane in Search of a Job’ 298

‘Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan’ 303, 306

‘The King of Clubs’ 182

The Labours of Hercules 26, 47, 91, 96, 280, 340, 346-68, 370, 425-8, 433-52

‘The Lamp’ 92

‘The Lernean Hydra’ 347, 348, 349, 350, 353-64, 425

The Listerdale Mystery 244, 287, 291, 297

‘The Listerdale Mystery’ 371

Lord Edgware Dies 29, 39, 67, 104, 153, 313, 393

‘The Love Detectives’ 81

The Man in the Brown Suit 44, 67, 81, 195, 259, 260-63, 277, 373, 380, 407, 412

‘The Man who was No. 16’ 182

‘Manx Gold’ 51, 162, 163-5, 311

‘The Market Basing Mystery’ 80, 312, 315-17

The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side 153, 162, 168, 223, 268, 340, 373, 374, 402-11, 414

‘Miss Marple Tells a Story’ 303, 306

‘Motive Vs Opportunity’ 96, 164, 173, 370

The Mousetrap (play) 25, 47, 69, 105, 106, 140, 141, 286, 290

The Moving Finger 159, 173, 179, 180, 256, 258, 290, 307, 356, 371, 380-85, 402

‘Mr Eastwood’s Adventure’ 257

Mrs McGinty’s Dead 54, 66, 91, 94, 97, 103, 159, 179, 182, 192, 199, 217, 237-43, 245, 249, 303, 312, 340, 341, 354, 371

The Murder at the Vicarage 29, 39, 67, 81, 159, 174, 198, 207, 256, 331, 362, 380, 396

Murder in Mesopotamia 66, 73, 100, 124, 159, 208, 259, 260, 269-73, 303, 356, 380, 409

‘Murder in the Mews’ 22, 80, 312, 315-17, 331

A Murder is Announced 22, 23, 25, 58, 66, 100, 153, 161, 162-63, 168, 174-80, 182, 201, 237, 256, 258, 264, 290, 312, 313, 352

Murder is Easy 45, 179, 281, 372, 381, 383

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 39, 44, 46-7, 81, 99, 219, 373, 380, 396, 412

The Murder on the Links 44, 109, 208, 259, 453

Murder on the Orient Express 25, 38, 39, 45, 46, 81, 99, 159, 195, 208, 219, 259, 312, 336, 346, 354, 393

The Mysterious Affair at Styles 27, 29, 31-6, 38-40, 44, 55, 67, 81, 196, 219, 373, 407, 414

The Mysterious Mr Quin 22, 310

‘The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge’ 346, 354

‘The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest’ 80, 289, 453

The Mystery of the Blue Train 44, 67, 80, 159, 195, 204, 208, 219, 259, 346, 354

‘The Mystery of the Plymouth Express’ 80

‘The Mystery of the Spanish Chest’ 22, 80, 97, 289

N or M? 50, 54, 258, 369, 371

‘The Nemean Lion’ 96, 104, 347, 350, 351-2, 365, 367, 426

Nemesis 69, 180, 192, 340

One, Two, Buckle my Shoe 45, 50, 58, 66, 72, 82, 88-9, 90, 91, 104, 106, 116-23, 126, 162, 168, 175, 204, 254, 307, 358, 392, 430

Ordeal by Innocence 22, 29, 39, 57, 81, 88, 105, 107, 109, 118, 158, 186, 217, 243-9, 258, 391, 410

The Pale Horse 44, 88, 98, 110, 219, 260, 373, 380, 398-403

Parker Pyne Investigates 174, 263

Partners in Crime 45, 64, 102, 182, 304, 371, 421

Passenger to Frankfurt 54, 55, 88, 259, 341, 430

The Patient (play) 287, 288, 289, 292-5

Peril at End House 38, 49, 67, 98, 162, 168, 171, 182, 310, 311-15, 316

Personal Call (play) 21, 50, 287

A Pocket Full of Rye 50, 81, 98, 105, 106, 107, 143, 147-51, 161, 167

Poirot Investigates 32, 354, 370, 454

Poirot’s Early Cases 454

Postern of Fate 22, 36, 53, 160, 373

‘A Pot of Tea’ 308

‘Problem at Pollensa Bay’ 265, 266

‘Problem at Sea’ 52, 72, 167, 195, 205-6, 316

‘The Rajah’s Emerald’ 287, 288, 291

The Rats (play) 97, 179, 181, 287, 288, 289-10, 296

‘The Red House’ 172

The Regatta Mystery 174

‘The Regatta Mystery’ 364

The Rose and the Yew Tree 258

Rule of Three (play) 286, 287-95

‘S.O.S.’ 288

Sad Cypress 52, 56, 68, 104, 159, 167, 249, 250, 275, 310, 313, 316, 319, 322, 373, 374-80, 387, 456

‘Sanctuary’ 258

The Scoop 61, 64

‘The Second Gong’ 80, 454, 456

The Secret Adversary 45, 164, 195

The Secret of Chimneys 44, 80, 81, 287, 359

The Seven Dials Mystery 44

‘The Shadow on the Glass’ 78, 79

‘The Sign in the Sky’ 370

‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ 81, 103, 105, 106, 107-8, 217, 244, 248

The Sittaford Mystery 67, 277, 312, 362, 369, 372

Sleeping Murder 23, 25, 130, 180, 217, 249-56, 258, 356, 389, 392, 398

Snow Upon the Desert 25, 209

Sparkling Cyanide 49, 80, 82, 118, 204, 217, 222-9, 258, 346, 354, 371

Spider’s Web (play) 91, 96, 104, 162, 173, 181-4, 258, 296, 372

‘Strange Jest’ 96, 104, 118, 162, 172-3, 182, 372

‘The Stymphalean Birds’ 348, 349, 350, 358-9

‘The Submarine Plans’ 80

Taken at the Flood 50, 54, 68, 131, 159, 238, 249, 258, 313, 340, 341, 346, 354, 362, 371, 373, 387, 391-8

‘Tape-Measure Murder’ 173, 372

Tea for Three (play) 288

Ten Little Niggers 24, 29, 45, 81, 105, 106, 110-16, 182, 286, 307, 362, 371, 401, 412

They Came to Baghdad 36, 45, 175, 259

They Do It with Mirrors 22, 52, 81, 97, 148-9, 180, 191, 247, 304, 318, 392, 456

‘Third Floor Flat’ 78

Third Girl 49, 60, 87, 90, 109, 161, 193, 362

The Thirteen Problems 85, 96, 148, 173, 174, 207, 264, 307, 323, 354, 360, 370

Three Act Tragedy 72, 81, 159, 160, 168, 197, 204, 224, 258, 313, 318, 346, 354, 371, 457

Three Blind Mice (play) 49, 106, 139-42, 179, see also The Mousetrap

‘The Thumb Mark of St Peter’ 360

Towards Zero 21, 22, 54, 79, 83, 159, 160, 214, 310, 329-35, 382

‘Triangle at Rhodes’ 124, 197, 208, 259, 266-9, 316, 322

‘The Tuesday Night Club’ 81, 105, 148

‘The Unbreakable Alibi’ 64

‘The Under Dog’ 372

The Unexpected Guest (play) 50, 54, 96, 181, 212, 288, 296

Verdict 181, 296

Vision 32

‘While the Light Lasts’ 163

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? 162, 164, 171, 272, 277, 370

Witness for the Prosecution (play) 29, 39, 49, 50, 264, 370

‘Witness for the Prosecution’ 264, 370

‘Yellow Iris’ 80, 223