The Case of the Veiled Lady

Short story

Original publication:

The short story is originally published in The Sketch Magazine (UK) in 1923 on October 3: The Case of the Veiled Lady.

In the US, the short story is first published in The Blue Book Magazine in March 1925 under the title The Veiled Lady.

Alternative title:

The short story has also been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (US) in March 1961 under the title The Chinese Puzzle Box.

Publications in short story collections¹:

1. Poirot Investigates 1925 (American edition)

2. The Veiled Lady and The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest 1944 (British short story paperback)

3. 13 for Luck! A Selection of Mystery Stories for Young Readers 1961 (American edition)²
    Published in the UK five years later under the title 13 for Luck! A Selection of Mystery Stories.

4. Poirot's Early Cases 1974 (British edition)
    Published in the US later the same year under the title Hercule Poirot's Early Cases³.

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

Publications in Sweden:

1. The Veiled Lady 1968 (In the anthology Arrangement in BLACK and WHITE. An anthology of English Texts)

2. Den beslöjade damen 1972 (In the anthology Alfred Hitchcock berättar skräckrysare om BROTT)

3. Damen med slöjan 1977 (In the short story collection novellsamlingen Damen med slöjan)

4. Damen med slöjan 1990 (In the short story collection Poirots problem)

5. Damen med slöjan 2002 (In the anthology Arena: Svenska för grundskolans senare del. Antologi 2)

    Comment: The short story is also published as an audio book: Damen med slöjan 2018.

^2-3 The short story collection is NOT an original publication since all of the short stories have been published in previous short story collections in the US!