''Double Sin and Other Stories'' is a short story collection written by

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and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1961 and retailed for $3.50.American Tribute to Agatha Christie
/ref> The collection contains eight short stories and was not published in the UK; however all of the stories were published in other UK collections (see '' UK book appearances of stories'' below).

List of stories

*'' Double Sin'' *'' Wasp's Nest'' *''The Theft of the Royal Ruby'' (also known as ''

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'') *''The Dressmaker's Doll'' *'' Greenshaw's Folly'' *'' The Double Clue'' *''The Last Seance'' *''Sanctuary''

Publication history

* 1961, Dodd Mead and Company (New York), Hardcover, 247 pp * 1962,

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, Paperback, 191 pp

First publication of stories in the US

* ''The Double Clue'': August 1925 (Volume 41, Number 4) issue of the ''

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'' with an uncredited illustration. * ''The Last Seance'': November 1926 issue of ''Ghost Stories'' magazine under the title ''The Woman Who Stole a Ghost''. * ''Wasp's Nest'': 9 March 1929 issue of ''

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'' under the title ''The Worst of All''. * ''Double Sin'': 30 March 1929 issue of ''

'' under the title ''By Road or Rail''. * ''Sanctuary'': serialised in the weekly newspaper supplement '' This Week'' magazine in two instalments from 12 to 19 September 1954 under the title ''Murder at the Vicarage'' (not to be confused with the novel of the same name) with illustrations by Robert Fawcett. * ''Greenshaw's Folly'': March 1957 (Volume 29, Number 3) issue of ''

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'', unillustrated. * ''The Dressmaker's Doll'': June 1959 (Volume 33, Number 6) issue of ''

'', unillustrated. The story had previously appeared in Canada in the 25 October 1958 issue of the ''

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'' magazine. * ''The Theft of the Royal Ruby'': serialised in the weekly newspaper supplement ''This Week'' magazine in two instalments from 25 September to 2 October 1960 with illustrations by William A. Smith. For first publications in the UK, see the applicable UK collections below.

UK book appearances of stories

The stories contained in ''Double Sin and Other Stories'' appear in the following UK collections: * '' The Hound of Death'' (1933): ''The Last Seance''. * ''

'' (1960): ''The Theft of the Royal Ruby'' (under the title ''The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding'') and ''Greenshaw's Folly''. * ''

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'' (1974): ''Double Sin'', ''Wasp's Nest'', and ''The Double Clue''. * '' Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories'' (1979): ''The Dressmaker's Doll'' and ''Sanctuary''.

References

External links

''Double Sin and Other Stories''
at the official Agatha Christie website {{Agatha Christie 1961 short story collections Short story collections by Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot short story collections Miss Marple short story collections Dodd, Mead & Co. books