Thirteen for Luck! A Selection of Mystery Stories for Young Readers (as printed, 13 for Luck!) is a short story collection published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the US in 1961 probably around September.[1] Collins published the title in the UK in 1966 but with slightly different content. It appears care was exercised to ensure that only those stories which had already been published in a collection for that particular market were included.
Content comparison (Dodd Mead 1961 vs Collins 1966)[]
Veiled Lady and Problem at Pollensa Bay (and also a version of Regatta Mystery had previously appeared in a collection in the UK but only in the rare and small print run Poirot Lends a Hand. J. C. Bernthal suggests that perhaps Christie or Edmund Cork had forgotten about this. In any case, it was a small run edition not by Collins.[2] Perhaps Christie wanted to reserve these stories for a hardbound collection. Market Basing had not been anthologized in the UK before and yet it appeared in the UK version. Bernthal suggests that this might have been an oversight.[3]
References[]
- ↑ The earliest Amercian newspaper reviews show up around 3 Sep 1961
- ↑ J. C. Bernthal, Agatha Christie: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2022), 908, ebook edition.
- ↑ J. C. Bernthal, Agatha Christie: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2022), 907-908, ebook edition.