Problem at Sea

Short story

Original publication:

The short story is first published in This Week, The Sunday Star (US) in 1936 on January 12: Problem at Sea.

In the UK, the short story is first published in The Strand Magazine in 1936 (Vol. 90, No. 542) under the variant title Poirot and the Crime in Cabin 66.

Alternative title:

The short story has also been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (US) in March 1964 (Vol. 43, No. 3) under the title The Quickness of the Hand.

1. The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories 1939 (American short story collection)

2. The Mystery of the Crime in Cabin 66 1943 (British short story paperback)¹

3. Poirot on Holiday 1943 (British short story collection)²

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

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

Publications in Sweden:

1. Mordet i hytt 66 1936 (Vårt Hem No. 39)

2. Hercule Poirot på kryssning 1979 (Julstämning)

3. Problem till sjöss 1985 (In the short story collection Åklagarens vittne och andra noveller)

¹ The short story is published under the title The Mystery of the Crime in Cabin 66 in this stand alone booklet form.

² The short story is published under the title The Crime in Cabin 66 in this short story collection.