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Murder in the Mews
Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition
AuthorAgatha Christie
Cover artistRobin Macartney
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SeriesHercule Poirot
GenreDetective fiction Short stories
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
15 March 1937
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages288 (first edition, hardback)
Preceded byCards on the Table 
Followed byDumb Witness 

Murder in the Mews and Other Stories is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club on 15 March 1937.[1] In the US, the book was published by Dodd, Mead and Company under the title Dead Man's Mirror[2] in June 1937[3] with one story missing (The Incredible Theft); the 1987 Berkeley Books edition of the same title has all four stories. All of the tales feature Hercule Poirot. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6)[4] and the first US edition at $2.00.[3]

  1. ^ The Observer, 14 March 1937, p. 6.
  2. ^ Cooper, John; Pyke, BA (1994), Detective Fiction – the collector's guide (2nd ed.), Scholar Press, pp. 82, 86, ISBN 0-85967-991-8.
  3. ^ a b American Tribute to Agatha Christie, Insight BB.
  4. ^ Peers, Chris; Spurrier, Ralph; Sturgeon, Jamie (March 1999), Collins Crime Club – A checklist of First Editions (2nd ed.), Dragonby Press, p. 15.

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