Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Short story

ORIGINAL PUBLICATION:

The short story is first published in Collier's Weekly (US) in 1940 on November 9 (Vol. 106, No. 19): Four and Twenty Blackbirds.

In the UK, the short story is first published in The Strand Magazine in March 1941 (Vol. 100, No. 603) under the variant title Poirot and the Regular Customer.

Publications in short story collections:

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

2. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrées 1960 (British short story collection)

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

1. Den ödesdigra måltiden 1961 (In the short story collection Äventyret med julpuddingen och andra detektivnoveller)

2. Den ödesdigra måltiden 1976 (GT on August 15 and 22)

3. Alltid på en tisdag 1979 (In the anthology Mord för finsmakare. Agatha Christie och andra stora deckaress)

4. För mycket sås på fisken 1993 (In the anthology Dukat för mord. 22 matmord ur världslitteraturen i urval)

    Comment: The short story is also published as an audio book: Den ödesdigra måltiden 2019.