Strange Jest

13 Clues for Miss Marple. A Selection of Mystery Stories

ORIGINAL PUBLICATION:

The short story is first published in This Week Magazine (US) on November 2 in 1941: Strange Jest.

In the UK, the short story is first published in The Strand Magazine in July 1944 (Vol. 107, No. 643) under the title A Case of Buried Treasure.

Publications in short story collections:

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

2. Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories 1979 (British short story collection)

1. Morbror Mathews testamente 1998 (Hemmets Veckotidning No. 34)   

    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.