The Case of the Caretaker

13 Clues for Miss Marple. A Selection of Mystery Stories

 

ORIGINAL PUBLICATION:

The short story is first published in The Strand Magazine (UK) in January 1942 (Vol 102, No. 613): The Case of the Caretaker.

In the US, the short story is first published in Chicago Sunday Tribune on July 5 in 1942 under the same title.


Alternative version:

An earlier – authored – version of the short story exists under the slightly revised title The Case of the Caretaker's Wife.
However, this version of the short story was not published until later in John Curran's book Agatha Christie's Murder in the Making. Stories and Secrets from Her Archive 2011.

 

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)

 

Publications in Sweden:

No (printed) short story publications known.
However, the short story is published under the original title in the short story collection Miss Marple. The Complete Short Stories (2016-2017) in various formats.