The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly

Short story

Original publication:

The short story is first published in The Sketch Magazine in 1923 on October 10: The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly.

In the US, the short story is first published in The Blue Book Magazine in June 1925 under the variant title The Adventure of Johnny Waverly.

Alternative title:

The short story has also been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (US) in July 1967 (Vol. 50, No. 1) under the title At the Stroke of Twelve.

Publications in short story collections¹:

1. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories 1950 (American short story collection)

2. Poirot's Early Cases 1974 (British edition)
    Published in the US later the same year under the title Hercule Poirot's Early Cases.

3. Hercule Poirot's Casebook 1984 (American short story collection)

1. Den kidnappade pojken 1990 (In the short story collection Poirots problem)

    Comment: The short story is also published as an audio book: Den kidnappade pojken 2018.