The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories

The Harlequin Tea Set is a short story collection published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in the U.S. in 1997. The collection comprised mainly Christie stories, including some written in her early years which had been published in magazines but which had never been included in a collection in book form. The Harlequin Tea Set was only published in the U.S. Parallel U.K. collections published around the same time are While the Light Lasts and Other Stories and Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories.

Stories

 * The Edge
 * The Actress
 * While the Light Lasts
 * The House of Dreams
 * The Lonely God
 * Manx Gold
 * Within a Wall
 * The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (Hercule Poirot)
 * The Harlequin Tea Set (Harley Quin)

Publication history

 * 1997: G P Putnam's Sons, 14 April 1997, Hardcover, 281 pp, 0-399-14287-8
 * 1998: Berkley Books, 1 December 1998, Paperback, 0-425-16515-9

First Publication of Stories

 * The Edge
 * U.K. - Pearson's Magazine issue 374, Feb 1927.
 * U.S. - not published before.
 * The Actress
 * U.K. - The Novel Magazine vol. 37 no. 218, May 1923 as "A Trap for the Unwary"
 * U.S. - not published before.
 * While the Light Lasts
 * U.K. - The Novel Magazine vol. 39, no. 229, Apr 1924.
 * U.S. - not published before.
 * The House of Dreams
 * U.K. - The Sovereign Magazine, vol. 11 no. 74, Jan 1926.
 * U.S. - not published before.
 * The Lonely God
 * U.K. - The Royal Magazine, vol. 56, no. 333, Jul 1926.
 * U.S. - not published before.
 * Manx Gold
 * U.K.
 * U.S.
 * Within a Wall
 * U.K. - The Royal Magazine vol. 54, no. 324, Oct 1925.
 * U.S. - not published before.
 * The Mystery of the Spanish Chest
 * U.K.
 * U.S.
 * The Harlequin Tea Set
 * U.K. - Winters Crimes #3, 1971.
 * U.S.