Strange Jest

Short story

 

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. 13 Clues for Miss Marple. A Selection of Mystery Stories 1966 (American short story collection)

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

 

Publications in Swedish:

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.