The Idol House of Astarte

Short story

Original publication:

The short story is first published in The Royal Magazine (UK) in January 1928 (Vol. 59, No. 351) with illustrations by Gilbert Wilkinson.

In the US the short story is first published in Detective Story Magazine on June 9 in 1928 (Vol. 101, No. 6) under the title The Solving Six and the Evil Hour.

Alternative title:

The short story has also been published under the title The 'Supernatural' Murder in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (US) in 1965 (Vol. 46, No. 3).

1. The Thirteen Problems 1932 (British Edition)
    Published in the US the following year under the title The Tuesday Club Murders.

2. The Last Séance. Tales of the Supernatural 2019 (British Edition)
    Published in the US the same year: American Edition.

1. Astartes altare 1928 (Allers Familj-Journal No. 18)

2. Astartetemplet i skogsdungen 1928 (Stockholms-Tidningen on April 29)

3. I Astartes lund. Ur Tisdagsklubbens problem 1932 (Dagens Nyheter on November 13)

4. Astartes tempel 1943 (Göteborgs- Handels och Sjöfartstidning on July 10)

5. Astartes tempel 1963 (Lektyr No. 24)

6. Det "övernaturliga" mordet 1973 (In the anthology Upp i rök. En deckarantologi)
    The anthology also exists in an alternative binding: Häftad (Läsexemplar för Bokhandeln)

7. Det "övernaturliga" mordet 1973 (Femina No. 42)

8. Astartes tempel 1990 (In the short story collection novellsamlingen Miss Marples mysterier)

    Comment: The short story is also published under the original title in the short story collection Miss Marple. The Complete Short Stories which is published in
                      different types of Book Formats.