Motive v. Opportunity

13 Clues for Miss Marple. A Selection of Mystery Stories

 

ORIGINAL PUBLICATION:

The short story is first published in The Royal Magazine (UK) in April 1928 (Vol. 59, No. 354): Motive v. Opportunity.

In the US, the short story is first published in Detective Story Magazine on June 30 in 1928 (Vol. 102, No. 3) under the title Where's the Catch?

 

Publications in short story collections:

1. The Thirteen Problems 1932 (British edition)
    Published in the US the following year under the title The Tuesday Club Murders.

 

Publications in Sweden:

1. Onkel Simons testamente 1928 (Stockholms-Tidningen on April 22)

2. Det försvunna testamentet. Ur Tisdagsklubbens problem 1933 (Dagens Nyheter on January 15)

3. Mysteriet med testamentet 1943 (Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning on August 28)

4. Motiv kontra tillfälle 1980 (In the short story collection Damen i den röda klänningen)

5. Motiv kontra tillfälle 1990 (In the short story collection Miss Marples mysterier)

    Comment: The short story is also published under the original title in the short story collection Miss Marple. The Complete Short Stories (2016-2017) in various formats.