written under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott
William Collins & Sons, London, Aug. 1944
Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1944
Plot
Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly alone and stranded in an isolated rest house by flooding of the railway track. This sudden solitude compels Joan to assess her life for the first time ever and face up to many of the truths about herself. Looking back over the years, Joan painfully re-examines her attitudes, relationships and actions and becomes increasingly uneasy about the person who is revealed to her...
UK/US covers
Collins / HarpaerCollins
- Collins, 1944
- Collins
- Fontana, 1974
- Fontana, 1983
- Fontana; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
- White Circle, 1946
- HarperCollins, 1997
- HarperCollins, 2009
- HarperCollins, 2017
DELL
- DELL
- DELL(#0011), 1963; ca: Charles Binger
- DELL(#0011), 1967
- DELL(#0011), 1972; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- DELL(#0011)
- DELL(#10011), 1982; ca: George Ziel; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
others
- Farrar & Rinehart, 1944
- Priam Books
- Jove Books, 1987; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Ulverscroft, 1978
Audio
Western Europe covers
L'Absence au printemps / Loin de vous ce printemps
- Robert Laffont, 1951
- Marabout,
- J'ai Lu, 1961
- J'ai Lu, 1978
- Jean Goujon, 1980
- Grand Format Christi, 2000
- Le Livre De Poche, 2007
- Le Livre de Poche
- Le Livre de Poche, 2016
Ein Frühling ohne dich / Verdrängter Verdacht
- Scherz, 2002
- Heyne, 1998
- Heyne, 1988
- Heyne, 1974
- Bertelesmann, 1973
Northern Europe covers
Skilda åt i Vårens Tid / Skild från dig i vårens dagar
- Askild & Kärnekull, 1976
- Deckarförlaget, 1992
Yksinäinen kevät
- WSOY, 1975
- WSOY, 1991
Šķiršanās pavasarī
- Artava, 1994
Išsiskyrėme pavasarį
- Tyto alba, 2008
Southern Europe covers
Il deserto del cuore
- Mondadori: Oscar bestsellers, 2010
- 2014
Lejos de ti esta primavera / ausente en la primavera
- Luis de Caralt, 1970
- Grijalbo, 1993
- Luis de Caralt, 1980
- EPUB
A Ausência / Ausência na primavera
- Nova Nronteira, 1976
- L&PM, 2010
- ASA, 2011
- Livros do Brasil, 1989
--- (Απόν Την Άνοιξη)
Одсутна у пролеће / Odsutna u prolece
- Narodna knjiga - Alfa (Beograd), 1996
Odsutan u proljeće //
Odsutan u proljeće
Eastern Europe covers
Já nebyl u tebe, když přicházelo jaro
- Brána 1997; ♦Juan Carlos Zamora Vávra
Távolt telt tűled tavaszom
- Hunga Könyvek, 2000
- Partvonal, 2005; ♦Tamás Horváth
- Partvonal, 2010
Samotna wiosną / W samotności
- REBIS, 1998
- Prószyński i s-ka, 2004
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2016
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, Agatha Christie Kolekcja Kryminałów, 2017
Frica de adevar
- Excelsior Multi Press
Розлучені навесні
Раздученные весной / Разлука весной
- Центрполиграф
- Амфора, 2006
- Эксмо, 2018
Middle East & Asian covers
Sensiz Bir İlkbahar
- Altın, 2011
غائب في الربيع ⁄ ذكريات
در بهاران از تو دورم
A.P. = anno Persico (Persian year); Persian index
- غيوري, A.P.1377
幸福假面
- 遠流出版, 2012
- 上海文艺出版社, 2014
- 人民文学出版社, 2017
- 人民文学出版社, 2018
春にして君を離れ
- ハヤカワ・ノヴェルズ, 1973, 1991(26th)
- ハヤカワ・ノヴェルズ, 1973, 1995(31th)
- クリスティー文庫, 2004
- Japan Mail Order, 1984
Play
봄에 나는 없었다
- 포레: 애거사 크리스티 장편소설(1), 2014