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An edition of By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968)

By the Pricking of My Thumbs

  • 4.2 (5 ratings) ·
  • 41 Want to read
  • 14 Have read

"By the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked this way comes."William Shakespeare – Macbeth (Act IV, Scene 1)When visiting Tommy's Aunt Ada in her nursing home, Tuppence encounters some odd residents, Mrs Lancaster, being the strangest of them all. Her incessant reference to 'something behind the fireplace' and a 'poor child' seems at first the incoherent ramblings of an elderly woman, though when Aunt Ada sadly passes away, a painting left to Tommy in her will leads the duo on a dangerous adventure where they finally discover exactly what Mrs Lancaster was talking about.Published in 1968, the title is taken from a line in Shakespeare's Macbeth. The novel marks the return of Tommy and Tuppence after nearly three decades of silence. Unlike Christie's other recurring characters, the detectives have aged in accordance with time. Tommy is now over seventy, and Tuppence is sixty-six. Although not in the original novel Geraldine McEwan appears as Miss Marple in ITV's 2006 episode.

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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2024, HarperCollins Publishers
Cover of: Cuadro
Cuadro
2021, Independently Published
in Spanish
Cover of: Cuadro
Cuadro
2020, Independently Published
in Spanish
Cover of: By the Pricking of My Thumbs
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2017, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
Cover of: Pembe Evdeki Olu
Pembe Evdeki Olu
Apr 13, 2016, Altin Kitaplar
paperback
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Jun 21, 2016, Harpercollins, HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
audio cd
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2015, Harper
in English
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery
2015, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
Cover of: By the pricking of my thumbs
By the pricking of my thumbs: a Tommy and Tuppence mystery
2013, Center Point Large Print
in English
Cover of: By the Pricking of My Thumbs
By the Pricking of My Thumbs: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery
Apr 17, 2012, William Morrow & Company, William Morrow Paperbacks
paperback
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By the pricking of my thumbs
2011, Ulverscroft
in English
Cover of: By the Pricking of My Thumbs
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2011, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
Cover of: By the Pricking of My Thumbs
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2010, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2010, HarperCollins
E-book in English
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By the Pricking of my Thumbs: Complete & Unabridged
Jan 22, 2007, HarperCollins
audio cd
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
October 20, 2006, Macmillan Audio Books
Audio CD - Abridged Ed edition
Cover of: Lauter reizende alte Damen
Lauter reizende alte Damen: Roman
2006, Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verl.
in German
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Agatha Christie Audio Mystery)
August 1, 2003, Audio Renaissance, Macmillan Audio
Audio cassette in English - Abridged edition
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
June 21, 2002, Macmillan Audio Books
Audio Cassette - Abridged Ed edition
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2002, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
November 9, 2001, The Audio Partners
Audio cassette in English
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy & Tuppence Chronology)
January 2, 2001, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Paperback - New Ed edition
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs [Paperback] Christie, Agatha
Nov 30, 2001, Harper Collins UK
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy & Tuppence Chronology)
January 2, 2001, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Cuadro, El
April 2001, Planeta
Paperback in Spanish
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
2000, Signet
in English
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries
July 2000, Tandem Library
School & Library Binding in English
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PER LA FRISANÇA QUE SENTO ALS DITS
Mar 01, 2000, Columna CAT
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
October 1999, Econo-Clad Books
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Mon petit doigt m'a dit
July 2, 1999, Librairie des Champs-Elysées
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Lauter reizende alte Damen.
January 1, 1997, Scherz
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries)
January 1996, Chivers Audio Books
Audio Cassette in English - Unabridged edition
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1996, HarperCollins
Paperback
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1996, HarperCollins
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Mon petit doigt m'a dit
November 1, 1995, LGF
Mass Market Paperback in French
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Lauter reizende alte Damen
1995, Scherz
in German
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By the Pricking of My Thumb
May 1993, HarperPrism
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By the Pricking of my Thumbs
February 1992, HarperPrism
in English
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By the Pricking of my Thumbs
February 1992, HarperPrism
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By the Pricking of My Thumb
1992, Ulverscroft
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1992, HarperPaperbacks
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1987, Ulverscroft
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Mon petit doigt m'a dit
1987, Librairie des Champs-Elysées
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By the pricking of my thumbs. Large Print.
1987, Ulverscroft
in Undetermined
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1986, Pocket Books
in English
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1986, Dodd, Mead
in English - 1st ed.
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1986-10, Pocket Books
in English
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1986, Dodd, Mead
in English
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1986, Fontana
in English
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Mu zhi yi shu
1984, Yuan jing chu ban gong si
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Oct 01, 1984, Bantam Books, Inc.
hardcover
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
February 1983, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback in English
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Mon petit doigt m'a dit
1983-01-01, Le masque
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By Pricking Thumb
February 3, 1982, Pocket
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Sento i pollici che prudono
1982, A. Mondadori
in Italian
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Pembe evdeki olu
1981, Altin
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By Pricking Thumb
June 3, 1980, Pocket
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By Pricking Thumb
July 2, 1979, Pocket
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Mon petit doigt m'a dit...
1976, Librairie des Champs-Elysees
in French
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By Pricking of My Thumbs
1976, Pocket Books
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1974, Pocket Books
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1972-01-01, Fontana / Collins
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1971, Fontana/Collins
in English
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By The Picking Of My Thumbs
1971-01-01, Fontana
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1971-01-01, Fontana
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1971, Fontana
in English
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BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS
1971-01-01, Collins/Fontana.
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
/1970, Pocket Books
Paperback in English
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1969, Pocket Books
in English
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1968, Dodd, Mead & Company
in English
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1968, Pocket Books
in English
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1968, Dodd, Mead
- [Book Club ed.].
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1968, Dodd, Mead & Company
in English
Cover of: By The Pricking Of My Thumbs
By The Pricking Of My Thumbs
1968, Dodd, Mead & Company
in English
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1968, Published for the Crime Club by Collins
in English
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By the pricking of my thumbs
1968, Dodd, Mead
- [Book Club ed.].
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By the pricking of my thumbs
Publish date unknown, Planet Three Publishing Network.
in English

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Series
Tommy and Tuppence (4)

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Paperback

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Open Library
OL7648305M
Internet Archive
byprickingofmyth0000chri_w8l6
ISBN 10
0671468073
ISBN 13
9780671468071
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15507
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6654117

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