- UK
- Collins, London, Jun. 1943
- Woman's Pictorial, Oct.17-Nov.21 1942 as 'Moving Finger'
- US
- Dodd Mead, New York, Jul. 1942
- Collier's Weekly, Mar.28-May.16 1942
Plot
Lymstock was a town with more that its share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate-mail caused only a minor stir.
But all of that changed when one of the recipients, Mrs Symmington, committed suicide. Her final note said 'I can't go on'. Only Miss Marple questioned the coroner's verdict of suicide. Was this the work of a poison-pen? Or of a poisoner?
Characters
Miss Jane Marple, Gerry Burton, Joanna Burton, Megan Hunter, Elsie Holland, Rose, Owen Griffith, Emily Barton, Partridge, Rev. Guy Calthrop, Maud Calthrop, Police Superintendent Nash, Miss Ginch, George, Pye, Mrs Cleat, Beatrice
Films & TV
- The Moving Finger, BBC/UK, 1985
- Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE
- The Moving Finger, ITV/UK, 2006
- Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 2
- La Plume empoisonnée, FR, 2009
- Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 1
UK/US covers
Dodd,Mead
- Dodd Mead, 1942; ♦Katsurou Hayashi
- Dodd Mead, The Greenway edition #8, 1968
- Dodd Mead, 1986
Collins / HarperCollins
- Collins, 1943; ♦Katsurou Hayashi
- Collins, Crime Club, 1960
- HarperCollins, 2005
Facsimile edition
- White Circle
- White Circle
- Fontana, 1961; ca: John L. Baker
- Fontana, 1971; ca: Tom Adams
- Fontana, 1973; ca: Tom Adams
- Fontana, 1980; ca: Tom Adams
- This Christie Collection ed., 1990
- HarperCollins, 1995/PB, 2000/HB
- HarperCollins, 2002
- HarperCollins, 2005
TV tie-in edition
- HarperCollins, 2007
Masterpiece edition
- HarperCollins, 2011
- Center Point Large Print, 2011
- Collins, 2012
ELT Reader
Avon
- Avon(164), 1948; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Avon(636), 1952
- Avon(793)
Pan
- Pan(55), 1948; ca: Sington
- Pan(55), 1950; ca: George Woodman
- Pan(55), 1951 3rd
- Pan, 1982; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
Penguin
- Penguin, 1953; ♦Lauralee(ManorBooks)
- Penguin, 1954
Berkley
- Berkley
- Berkley, 1984
- Berkley
- Berkley, 1994
- Berkley
Dell
- DELL(5861), 1964; ca: William Teason
- DELL(#5861), 1968; ca: William Teason; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- DELL(#5861), 1972; ca: William Teason; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- DELL(#5861), 1976
- DELL, 1979; ca: William Teason; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- DELL, 1982
others
- Signet, 2000
- Mercury Mystery, 1942
- Phoenix
- G.K.Hall, 1989
- Black Dog & Leventhal, 2007
- Black Dog & Leventhal, 2007
- Planet Three Publishing, 2002
Magazine
- Collier's, March 28, 1942
- Collier's, April 4, 1942
- Collier's, April 11, 1942
- Collier's, April 18, 1942
- Collier's, April 25, 1942
- Collier's, May 2, 1942
- Collier's, May 9, 1942
- Collier's, May 9, 1942
- Collier's, May 16, 1942
Audio
Western Europe covers
La plume empoisonnée
Le Masque (#371) 1949
- Le Masque, 1961
- Le Masque, 1965
- Le Masque, 1976
- Le Masque, 1985
- Le Masque, 1994
- Masque Christie, 2010
- Masque Christie, 2010
- Masque Christie, 2015
Club des Masques (#34) 1967
- Club des Masques, 1967; ca: Tom Adams; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Club des Masques, 1986
- Club des Masques, 2004
Le Livre de Poche (#5846) 1983
- Le Livre de Poche, 1983
- Le Livre de Poche, 2002
others
- Bibliothèque idéale d'A.Christie, 2013
- Edito-Service S.A., 1983
- Hachette, Collection Agatha Christie(#37), 2006
Le doigt qui tue
- The Commodore Press
Audio
De giftige pen
- Sijthoff, 1949
- Sijthoff, 1960
- Sijthoff, 1968
- Sijthoff, 1974; ♦Eric Gellaerts
- Sijthoff, 1974
- Sijthoff, 1974
- Sijthoff, 1974
- Sijthoff, 1982
- Sijthoff, 1983
- Sijthoff, 1986
- Luitingh-Sijthoff/Poema, 1990
- Luitingh-Sijthoff/Poema, 2002
- The House of Books, 2017
Die Schattenhand
- Scherz(#17), 1951
- Scherz(#17), 1963
- Scherz(#217), 1975
- Scherz(#217), 1981
- Scherz(#1022), 1987
- Scherz(#1022), 1993
- Scherz, 1994
- *Scherz, 1992
- Scherz, 1999
- Scherz
- Scherz, 2001
- Scherz, 2001
- Das Neue Berlin, 1964
- Goldmann, 1960
- Goldmann
- Goldmann, 1972
- Goldmann, 1979
- Goldmann, 1979
- Loewe, 1994
- Fischer, 2004
- Fischer, 2004
- Fischer, 2005
- Weltbild
- Weltbild, 1999
- Fischer, 2009
- Hachette, 2009
- *Atlantik, 2015
Audio
Northern Europe covers
Mord per korrespondens
- Bonniers, 1944
- Bonniers, 1951
- Zebra(#187), 1964
- Bonniers, 1984; ca: Tom Adams
- Bonniers, 1988
Døden kommer med posten
- Carit Andersen(#13), 1962
- Wangel, 1991
- Aschehoug, 2007
- Rosenkilde & Bahnhof, 2013 (ebook)
Audio
Mord pr. korrespondanse
- Aschehoug, 1977
- Aschehoug, 1990
- Aschehoug, 2000
- 1984
- Aschehoug, 1991
- Aschehoug, 1967
Syyttävä sormi
- WSOY/SAPO(#142), 1972
- *WSOY, 1990; ca: Tom Adams
- WSOY/SAPO(#142), 1997
- WSOY, 2010
- WSOY, 2015
Audio
Nobe näpp
- Elmatar, 1995
Vienu pirštu
- Sirokas, 2007
Southern Europe covers
Il terrore viene per posta
- I Gialli Mondadori(#193), 1952
- I Classici del Giallo(#132), 1972
- Mondadori, 1984
- I Classici del Giallo Mondadori(#579), 1989; ca: Carlo Jacono
- Mondadori, 1999
- Mondadori, 2003
- I Classici del Giallo(#1029), 2004
- *Mondadori
- Mondadori, 2013
- Hachette Fascicoli, 2004
- Collaterale del quotidiano La Stampa, 2008
- Corriere, 2015
El caso de los anónimos
- Biblioteca Oro, 1957; ♦Pablo Ramirez Jr.
- Biblioteca Oro, 1959
- Biblioteca Oro, 1975; ca: William Teason
- Círculo de Lectores, 1990
- Planeta, 1994
- Molino, 1997; ca: William Teason
- Planeta, 2001
- Molino, 2004
- RBA, 2010
- Planeta
A Mão Misteriosa / O Enigma das Cartas Anónimas / Apenas um Dedo que se Movia
A Mão Misteriosa
- Nova Fronteira, 1976
- Record, 1995
- *Record, 1987
- *L&PM, 2009
- L&PM, 2016
O Enigma das Cartas Anónimas
- ASA(#4), 2001
- Colecção Vampiro(#320), 1974
- RBA, 2008
Apenas um Dedo que se Movia
- Ediouro, 1962
Δηλητήριο σε μικρές δώσεις (Η μαύρη πένα)
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ, 1987
- *ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ(A146), 2008; ca: Tom Adams
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ
Jednim prstom / Кобни прсти / Kobni prst / Zlokobni prst
- Kosmos (Beograd), 1958; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
- Mladinska knjiga, 2012
- Laguna, 2017
Otrovno pismo / Otrovno pero / Prst koji se miče
- ?, 1960
- Marjan tisak, 2002
- Mozaik knjiga, 2011
Otrovno pismo / Prst koji se miče
Eastern Europe covers
Hroziaci prst / Neznáma hrozí
- Práca, 1949
- Slovenský spisovateľ, 1971
- Zelená knižnica, 2008
Není kouře bez ohýnku
- Knižní klub, 1997
- Knižní klub, 2001
- Knižní klub, 2010
- Odeon, 1982
A láthatatlan kéz / Nem zörög a haraszt
- Hunga Könyvek, 1993; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2009
Смърт в Лимсток / Анонимният подател
- ABC, 1994
- *Абагар, 1994
- Ера(#36), 2011
Zatrute pióro
- Czytelnik, 1956
- Phantom Press, 1993
- Prószyński i s-ka, 1999
- Hachette(#11), 2001
- Prószyński i s-ka, 2003
- Dolnośląskie, 2005
- Dolnośląskie, 2010
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2013
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Agatha Christie Kolekcja Kryminałów(#18), 2015
Mina ascunsa / Mana ascunsa / Degetul miscator
- Excelsior-Multi Press, 1992
- Rao, 2006
- Rao, 2008
- Rao, 2008
- Rao, 2014 (Top 10 romane favorite)
Перст провидіння
- Vydavnyt︠s︡tvo Klub simeĭnoho dozvilli︠a︡, 2011
Перст провидіння
Одним пальцем / Каникулы в Лимстоке
- Центрполиграф
- АСТ, 2002
- Эксмо, 2009
- Эксмо, 2013
- Эксмо, 2013
- Эксмо, 2015
- Издательство Ростовского университета, 1991
- АСТ, 2002
Audio
Middle East & Asian covers
მოძრავი თითი
Esrarengiz Parmaklar / Daktilodaki Parmak / Zehirli Kalem / Cinayet Reçetesi / Esrarengiz Kalem / Mektupla Gelen Ölüm / Arsenik
- Altın, 1976
- Altın, 2014
- Akba, 1962
- *Şilliler, 1980; ca: Tom Adams
- Ak, 1978
- 1983
الأصابع المتحركة ⁄ الأصبع المتحرك ⁄ أصابع الإتهام
- Jarir Reader, 2008
الأجيال للترجمة والنشر
الأجيال للترجمة والنشر
- الإصبع المتحرك
الأجيال للترجمة والنشر
2005
- أصابع الإتهام
دار ميوزيك
2000
- أصابع الاتهام
- أصابع الاتهام
---
2000
תעלומת רצח המשרתת
- Yerushalayim : Masadah, 1951
دست پنهان ⁄ انگشت اتهام
A.P. = anno Persico (Persian year); Persian index
- انگشت اتهام
سبزان, A.P.1387
- Hermes books, A.P.1388
(Malayalam) ചലിക്കുന്ന വിരൽ (Chalikkunna Viral)
- (Malayalam) D C Books, 2013
Pena Beracun
- Gramedia
- Gramedia, 1986
- Gramedia, 2013
สื่อมรณะ ⁄ ดัชนีสังหาร
- ดัชนีสังหาร, สร้างสรรค์บุ๊คส์, 2549; ♦Ratakorn
- สื่อมรณะ, ---,
Ngòi bút tẩm độc
- Công an nhân dân, 2005
魔手 / 平静小镇里的罪恶 / 幕後黑手
魔手
- *遠景出版, 1982
- 遠景出版, 1988
- 風雲時代, 1990
- *遠景出版, 1992
- 华文出版社, 1993
- 人民文学出版社 2007
- 新星出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂侦探作品集16), 2014
- 商务印书馆, 2016
平静小镇里的罪恶
- 贵州人民出版社
幕後黑手
- 遠流 2003
幕后黑手
- 圣才教育, 2014
english
- 外文出版社, 1996
動く指
- ハヤカワ・ポケットミステリ, 1958, 1976(4th)
- ハヤカワ・ミステリ文庫, 1977, 1994(28th); ca: Hiroshi Manabe
- クリスティー文庫, 2004
움직이는 손가락
- 해문출판사, 1990
- 해문출판사
- 해문출판사, 2003
- 황금가지, 2004
- 동서문화사