The Listerdale Mystery

The Listerdale Mystery was first published by Collins for the Crime Club in 1934. It was first issued in Fontana Books in 1961, and further impressions made in 1963 and 1966. This copy is the fourth impression, published in November 1966.

She wrenched open the door of his first-class carriage and jumped in, crying: "Oh! Hide me -please, please hide me!" There is only one place to hide in a railway carriage - under the seat. Immediately an infuriated face appeared at the carriage windown. George looked up enquiringly. "Can I help you?" he asked politely. "My neice! You have her here, you swine - I saw her. I want my neice NOW!"

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

First published in 1962 and first issued by Fontana Books in 1965. Further impressions were printed in 1965m 1966 and 1967. This is the fifth impression, printed in April 1968.

Out flew the web and floated wide:
The mirror crack'd from side to side:
"The curse is come upon me," cried
The Lady of Shalott
ALFRED TENNYSON

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was first published by William Collins & Sons in June 1926. It was first issued in Fontana Books 1957 and reprinted in 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966 and this copy is the seventh impression, printed in 1969.

It was really very hard luck on the murderer...
He'd dotted his 'i's and wiped the dagger; he'd crossed his 't's and left his footprinted: all clean as a whistle, all neatly tied up...
And then the letter arrived - a litter from a dead woman.

Seven Dials Mystery

First published in 1929 and first issued in Fontana Books in 1954. This is the fourth impression, printed September 1967.

The young man dying in the road who hadn't been run over...
The letter that said: 'Forget about the Seven Dials business. I thought it was a joke. But it isn't.'
White flowers arranged on the coverlet, reflecting the whiteness of a dead young face....
Seven clocks ticking in the mantlepiece - ticking loudly, ominously...
Number seven raising his hand very slowly to his head, fumbling with the fastening of the mask...

Ten Little Niggers

First published in 1939, and in Fontana Books in 1963. This copy is the sixteeth impression, published in January 1973.

A Caribbean Mystery

First published in 1964 and first issued in Fontana Books in 1966. This copy is the second impression, printed June 1967.

At Bertram's Hotel

First published in 1965, and this copy was the first issue by Fontana in 1968.

It is Miss Marple's destiny to stumble accross violence and mystery. Her brief London holiday at Bertram's Hotel soon presents her with a most complex and baffling puzzle.

Murder in the Mews

First published in 1927. This copy is from the first issue by Fontana Books in 1964.

The beautiful, flamboyant woman picked up the pink gin and drained it. A moment later someone said sharple, "what's the matter?" and started at the woman, now leaning back in her chair. Her lips were blue, her hand had gone to her heart. She fought fro breath and gasped: "I feel - rather strange..."
Her husband leaned over her solicitously. "What is it, my dear?" "I don't known...that drink - it tasted queer."
He swung round. "The pink gin? My God, it was meant for me, that was my drink!"
He was staring at the convulsed face of the woman as she slipped out of her chair. Someone cried, "get a doctor...hurry!" But five minutes later she was dead.

Ordeal by Innocence

First published in 1958 and first issued by Fontana Books in 1961. There were further impressions made in 1963, 64 and 66. This copy is the fifth impression, published March 1967.

Jacko Argyle died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the murder of his mother.
Two years later a stranger shattered the peace of the Argyle household. Could Arthur Calgary provide the missing link in Jacko's defense? Had Jacko been sentenced for a murder he didn't commit?
Arthur expected delight, relief and joy in the family, but he instead he found that the Argyles were suspicious, stubbornly evasive and frightened. An unspoken question huny oppressively in the air: if Jacko didn't kill his mother - who did?

Death on the Nile

First published in 1937 and issued by Fontana Books in 1960 (although this copy states 1950) Further impressions were printed in May 1962, November 1968, April 1969 and this fifth impression in July 1969.

Cat Among the Pigeons

Cat among the pigeons was first published in 1959 and first published by Fontana in 1962. This copy is an eleventh impression, printed 1970.

It was that intelligent schoolgirl, Julia Upjohn who finally went to consult Hercule Poirot.
Meadowbank, after all, was one of the most exclusive girls' school in England. Unthinkable that there should be a murder there. But an extraordinary trail of violence, starting in the Middle East and involving jewels, intrigue and secret agents, did in fact reach a deadly climax inside the school. Worse, it semmed that the culprit must actually be one of the staff or pupils...There was a cat among the pigeons!