Agatha Christie Short Stories 2025: JUNE #AgathaChristieSS25

We are welcoming June with two interesting stories: the stolen gold from a shipwreck, and a murder.

INGOTS OF GOLD

(a Miss Marple story)

The Tuesday Night Club is meeting again, and this time it's Raymond West, Miss Marple's nephew, whose turn it was to tell a story. It's about a shipwreck, stolen gold, and abduction. Frankly speaking, I am excited to read this one, an exotic mystery solved by the demurred Miss Marple. 

The story was published in the Royal Magazine in the UK in 1928 and in the US later that year, although under the revised title The Solving Six and the Golden Grave. It was then included in the 1932 collection, The Thirteen Problems.

SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
(a non detective story)

Sir Edward Palliser helps investigating the mystery of an old friend's murdered aunt. Family truths come to light as he begins to pull together the clues, where the police could find no supporting evidence.

The story was first published in book form in the UK collection The Listerdale Mystery in 1934. It was then included in the US collection, The Witness for the Prosecution in 1948. The title was taken from the popular nursery rhyme of the same name, as Agatha Christie had done with several of her works.

Are you quite intrigued by now? I am, and I can't wait tor read both stories!