Masterpieces of Mystery and the Unknown is a collection of Agatha Christie short stories published by St Martin's Minotaur (New York) in 2006. These are mainly stand alone lesser known stories which do not feature her recurrent characters like Hercule Poirot or Jane Marple. The first half of the collection are reprints of all the stories from Dodd Mead's The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948) while the second half are all those from The Golden Ball and Other Stories (1971). Two more stories come from Double Sin and Other Stories (1961) and one story Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950). The title is available in paperback format only.
List of stories[]
- The Dressmaker's Doll
- The Last Seance
- The Witness for the Prosecution
- The Red Signal
- The Fourth Man
- S.O.S.
- Where There's a Will
- The Mystery of the Blue Jar
- Sing a Song of Sixpence
- The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl
- Philomel Cottage (short story)
- Accident
- The Listerdale Mystery
- The Girl in the Train
- The Manhood of Edward Robinson
- Jane in Search of a Job
- A Fruitful Sunday
- The Golden Ball
- The Rajah's Emerald
- Swan Song
- The Hound of Death
- The Gypsy
- The Lamp
- The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael
- The Call of Wings
- Magnolia Blossom
- Next to a Dog
- Three Blind Mice (short story)