The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories

Published in the US only. This short story collection contains: The Edge, The Actress, While the Light Lasts, The House of Dreams, The Lonely God, Manx Gold, Within a Wall, The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, The Harlequin Teaset

Year: 1997
Detective: Harley Quin
Location: Multiple

Cast of characters

Various

Publishing history

Publising: This collection was published in the US only in 1997 by G P Putnam Sons. The Edge, The Actress, While the Light Lasts, The House of Dreams, The Lonely God, Manx Gold, Within a Wall are also collected in While the Light Lasts. The title story The Harlequin Tea Set had been published in Problem at Pollensa Bay in the UK.

Notes and reviews

Agatha Christie professed a long-standing love for the characters of the commedia dell' arte and of Harlequin in particular. In his memoires, her husband Max Mallowan described the Harley Quin mysteries as "detection written in a fanciful vein".

Murder methods:

Multiple.

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