- UK
- Collins, London, Nov. 1968
- US
- Dodd Mead, New York, 1968
Plot
When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors: after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady.
But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about 'something behind the fire place', Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure...
Characters
Tommy Beresford, Tuppence Beresford, Albert Batt, Nellie Bligh, Emma Boscowan, Liz Copleigh, Mr. Eccles, Ada Fanshaw, Julia Lancaster, Elizabeth Moody, Dr. Murray, Miss Packard, Major General Sir Josiah Penn, Alice Perry, Amos Perry, Ivor Smith, Sir Philip Starke
Films & TV
- Mon petit doigt m'a dit..., FR, 2005
- Film list
- By the Pricking of My Thumbs, ITV/UK, 2006
- Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 2
UK/US covers
Collins / HarperCollins
- ♦Katsurou Hayashi
- the Book Club, 1968; ♦Lauralee(ManorBooks)
- Fontana(2682), 1971; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 1975: 11th; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 1984
- Fontana
- Fontana, 1989
- Fontana, 1990
- HarperCollins, 1992
- HarperCollins, 1996/PB, 2002/HB
- HarperCollins, 2001
- HarperCollins, 2008
Masterpiece edition
- HarperCollins, 2011
Facsimile edition
- HarperCollins, 2012
- Crown Point Pub., 2014
- HarperCollins, 2015
Dodd,Mead
- Dodd,Mead, 1968
Pocket Books
- Pocket; ca: Tom Adams*; ♦Lauralee(ManorBooks)
- Pocket(75419), 1969; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Pocket, 1974 7th
- Pocket, 9th; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Pocket, 23rd, 1986; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Pocket, 27rd; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
others
- Signet, 2000
- Planet Three Publishing, 2002
Audio
Western Europe covers
Mon petit doigt m'a dit
Le Masque (#1115) 1970
- Le Masque, 1970
- Le Masque, 1987
- Le Masque, 1999
- Masque Christie, 2007
- Le Masque
- Masque Christie
Club des Masques (#201) 1974
- Club des Masques, 1974; ca: Tom Adams*
- Club des Masques, 1985
- Club des Masques, 2002
Le Livre de Poche (#13851) 1995
- Le Livre de Poche
- Le Livre de Poche, 2005
- Le Livre de Poche
others
- Hachette
- Edito-Service S.A., 1970
De pop in de schoorsteen
- Sijthoff, 1970
- Sijthoff, 1974; ♦Eric Gellaerts
- Sijthoff, 1974
- Sijthoff, 1975
- Sijthoff, 1983
- Sijthoff, 1986
- Luitingh-Sijthoff/Poema, 1993
- HLN, 2015
- Overamstel Uitgevers, 2015
Lauter reizende alte Damen / Eine reizende alte Dame
- Scherz, 1970
- Scherz, 1971
- Scherz, 1974
- Scherz, 1979
- Scherz, 1984
- Scherz, 1987
- Scherz, 1990
- Scherz, 1994
- Scherz, 1997
- Scherz, 1997
- Scherz
- Bertelsmann, 1975
- Loewe, 1992
- Deutscher Bücherbund, 1970
- Edition Richarz CW Niemeyer, 1992
- Weltbild, 1995
- Weltbild
- Fischer, 2006
Audio
Northern Europe covers
Ett sting i tummen
- Bonniers, 1969
- Bonnierförlagen, 1998
Huset ved kanalen
- Forum Krimi, 1974
- Rosenkilde,
Gammel dame forsvinner
- Aschehoug, 1970
- Aschehoug, 1972; ca: Erik Artell
- Aschehoug, 1985
Eipä aikaakaan niin voi kauhistus
- WSOY, 1975; ca: Ahtiala
- WSOY/SAPO(324), 1990
- WSOY/Bon-pokkarit, 2016
Pöial sügeleb kui hull
- Katherine 1995
Ērkšķis pirkstā
- Skabarejs, 2006
Spragtelėjus pirštais
- Sirokas, 2010
Southern Europe covers
Sento i pollici che prudono
- Mondadori, 1982
- Mondadori: Oscar scrittori moderni, 1994
- Mondadori, 2003
- Hachette Fascicoli, 2005
- RBA, 2008
- Mondadori, 2013
- Mondadori, 2014
- Mondadori: Oscar gialli, 2016
El Cuadro
- Biblioteca Oro(#617), 1968
- Molino, 1969
- Biblioteca Oro(#289), 1981; ca: Tom Adams*
- Molino, 1999; ca: Tom Adams*
- Planeta, 2001
- RBA 8EPUB, 2013)
Per la frisança que sento als dits
- La Llar del Llibre, 1990
Um Pressentimento Funesto / Caminho para a Morte / A Premonição
Um Pressentimento Funesto
- Nova Fronteira, 1979
- Nova Fronteira, 1985
- Record, 1987
- Record, 1997; ♦André
- L&PM, 2011
Caminho para a Morte
- Colecção Vampiro(269)
A Premonição
- ASA, 2015
Οι άγγελοι δεν φλυαρούν
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ(A053), 2002
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ
- ΛΥΧΝΑΡΙ
Трнци у прстима / Zla Sudba / Trnci u prstima
- Beograd : Narodna knjiga Alfa, 1997; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
- Narodna knjiga - Alfa (Beograd), 2002; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
- Mladinska knjiga (Beograd), 2009; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
Zla sudba
Zla sudba
Eastern Europe covers
Dům u kanálu
- Knižní klub, 2001
- Knižní klub, 2012
"Balhüvelykem bizsereg..."
- Hunga Könyvek, 1994; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2015
Злото е на път
- Селекта, 1994; ca: Tom Adams*
- Ера(#38), 2011
Dom nad kanałem
- Hachette(#58), 2003
- Prószyński i s-ka, 2003
- Dolnośląskie, 2003
- Prószyński i s-ka, 2004
- Dolnośląskie, 2005
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2009
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2012
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Agatha Christie Kolekcja Kryminałów(), 2015
Audio
Cand ma furnica degetele
- Excelsior-Multi Press, 1968
Клацни пальцем тільки раз
Щелкни пальцем только раз / Пальцы чешутся... К чему бы?
- Международный книжный дом, 1997
- Книги "Искателя", 2003
- Центрполиграф, 2003
- Эксмо, 2012
- Эксмо, 2009
Middle East & Asian covers
Pembe Evdeki Ölü
- Altın, 1969
- Altın, 1981
- Altın, 1983
- Altın, 1970
- Altın, 2016
قاتلة الأطفال / وخز الأصابع
- قاتلة الأطفال
-
2015
عروسكي در دودكش بخاري ⁄ سوزش سر انگشتان
A.P. = anno Persico (Persian year); Persian index
Rumah di Tepi Kanal
- Gramedia, 1993
- Gramedia
- Gramedia, 2013
- ca: Tom Adams*
ฆาตกรรมเลือดเย็น ⁄ บ้านปริศนา ⁄ สัญญาณมรณะ
- บ้านปริศนา, TSG Publishing, 2546; ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
- สัญญาณมรณะ, สร้างสรรค์บุ๊คส์, 2550
Người vợ mất tích / Bức họa chết người
- 2003
拇指一豎 / 拇指一竖 / 煦阳岭的疑云 / 顫刺的預兆 / 煦阳岭疑云
拇指一豎
- 遠景出版, 1984
- 遠景出版, 1988
- 风云时代出版公司, 1990
- 遠景出版, 1992
拇指一竖
- 华文出版社, 1993
煦阳岭的疑云
- 贵州人民出版社, 1998
顫刺的預兆
- 遠流 2003
煦阳岭疑云
- 人民文学出版社, 2010
english
- 外文出版社, 1996
親指のうずき
- ハヤカワ・ポケットミステリ, 1970
- ハヤカワ・ミステリ文庫, 1976, 1982(10th); ca: Hiroshi Manabe
- クリスティー文庫, 2004
엄지손가락의 아픔
- 해문출판사, 1989
- 해문출판사: 애거서 크리스티 미스터리(68), 2000
- 황금가지: 애거서 크리스티 전집(60), 2008