The Tape-Measure Murder

Short story

ORIGINAL PUBLICATION:

The short story is first published in This Week Magazine (US) on November 16 in 1941 under the title The Tape-Measure Murder.

In the UK, the short story is first published in The Strand Magazine in March 1942 (Vol. 102, No. 614) under the title The Case of the Retired Jeweller.

Alternative title:

The short story has also been published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (US) in 1973 (Vol. 61, No. 1) under the title Village Murder.

1. Three Blind Mice and Other Stories 1950 (American short story collection)

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

3. 13 Clues for Miss Marple. A Selection of Mystery Stories 1966 (American short story collection)

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

1. Mord i byn 1974 (In the anthology Ett koppel blodhundar. En deckarantologi) 

2. Måttbandsmysteriet 1977 (In the short story collection Damen med slöjan) 

3. Brottsligt band 1979 (Husmodern No. 25)

4. Mord i St Mary Mead 1998 (Hemmets Veckotidning No. 29)

    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.