The Pearl of Price

Short story

 

ORIGINAL PUBLICATION:

The short story is first published in Nash's Pall Mall Magazine (UK) 1933 No. 482 under the title The Pearl.

In the US, there is no publication prior to the one in the short story collection published in 1934.

 

Alternative title:

The short story has also been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (US) in November 1957 (Vol. 30, No. 5) under the title Once a Thief and in the British version of the same magazine – Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (UK) – in the same month and under the same title.

 

Publications in short story collections:

1. Parker Pyne Investigates 1934 (British – domestic – edition) and export edition.
    Published in the US later the same year under the title Mr. Parker Pyne Detective.

 

Publications in Sweden:

1. Örhänget 1933 (Dagens Nyheter on July 9)