''Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories'' is a short story collection by

Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English people, English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving ...

published in the UK only in November 1991 by

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. It was not published in the US but all the stories contained within it had previously been published in American volumes. It retailed at £13.99. It contains two stories with

Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by the English writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is Christie's most famous and longest-running character, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (''Black Coffee (play), Black Coffee'' and '' ...

, two with Parker Pyne, two with Harley Quin and two gothic tales.

List of stories

* ''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''

Publication history

* 1991, HarperCollins, November 1991, Hardcover, 232 pp * 1992, Fontana Books (Imprint of

), Paperback

First publication of stories

The first UK magazine publication of all the stories has not been fully documented. The known listing is as follows: * ''Magnolia Blossom'': First published in issue 329 of the ''

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'' in March 1926. The story first appeared in book form in the UK in the 1982 collection ''The Agatha Christie Hour'' () to tie in with a dramatisation of the story in the television series of the same name. * ''The Love Detectives'': First published in issue 236 of ''

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'' magazine in December 1926 under the title of ''At the Crossroads''. This was the first of a series of six stories in consecutive issues of the magazine titled ''The Magic of Mr. Quin''. The remaining five were later published in book form in '' The Mysterious Mr. Quin'' in 1930. The plot has similarities to 1930

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novel

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* ''Next To A Dog'': First published in issue 295 of the '' Grand Magazine'' in September 1929. * ''The Second Gong'': First published in issue 499 of the ''Strand Magazine'' in July 1932. This story with

was the basis of the novella ''

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'' in 1935. * ''Problem at Pollensa Bay'': First published in issue 539 of the ''

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'' in November 1935. The story was illustrated by Jack M. Faulks. The detective is Parker Pyne. * ''The Regatta Mystery'': First published in issue 546 of the ''Strand Magazine'' in June 1936 under the title ''Poirot and the Regatta Mystery''. The story was illustrated by Jack M. Faulks. The story was later rewritten by Christie to change the detective from Hercule Poirot to Parker Pyne before its first book publication in the US in '' The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories'' in 1939. The publication in the ''Strand Magazine'' remained the only publication of the original version of the story in the UK until 2008, when it was included in the omnibus volume "Hercule Poirot: the Complete Short Stories" (). * ''Yellow Iris'': First published in issue 559 of the ''Strand Magazine'' in July 1937. This story with Hercule Poirot was the basis of the novel ''

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'', in which Poirot was replaced by

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and the plot was heavily altered. No magazine publication of ''The Harlequin Tea Set'' has yet been traced; the story was first published in book form in the UK in ''Winter's Crimes #3'' in 1971 by MacMillan (). {{Agatha Christie Problem at Pollensa Bay Hercule Poirot short story collections Short story collections by Agatha Christie Works originally published in The Grand Magazine HarperCollins books Books published posthumously