Front matter

The Seven Dials Mystery

                        Agatha Christie

                       PRINTING HISTORY
           _Dodd, Mead edition published March 1929_
      _Grosset & Dunlap edition published February 1930_
       _American Mercury edition published October 1942_
                 _Bantam edition/January 1964_
                _New Bantam edition/March 1976_
    _The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection/September 1986_

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        _Copyright 1929 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc._
    _Copyright renewed © 1957 by Agatha Christie Mallowan._

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                           CONTENTS


                  I ON EARLY RISING

                 II CONCERNING ALARUM CLOCKS

                III THE JOKE THAT FAILED

                 IV A LETTER

                  V THE MAN IN THE ROAD

                 VI SEVEN DIALS AGAIN

                VII BUNDLE PAYS A CALL

               VIII VISITORS FOR JIMMY

                 IX PLANS

                  X BUNDLE VISITS SCOTLAND YARD

                 XI DINNER WITH BILL

                XII INQUIRIES AT CHIMNEYS

               XIII THE SEVEN DIALS CLUB

                XIV THE MEETING OF THE SEVEN DIALS

                 XV THE INQUEST

                XVI THE HOUSE PARTY AT THE ABBEY

               XVII AFTER DINNER

              XVIII JIMMY'S ADVENTURES

                XIX BUNDLE'S ADVENTURES

                 XX LORAINE'S ADVENTURES

                XXI THE RECOVERY OF THE FORMULA

               XXII THE COUNTESS RADZKY'S STORY

                XXIII SUPERINTENDENT BATTLE IN CHARGE

                XXIV BUNDLE WONDERS

                XXV JIMMY LAYS HIS PLANS

                XXVI MAINLY ABOUT GOLF

                XXVII NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE

                XXVIII SUSPICIONS

                XXIX SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF GEORGE LOMAX

                XXX AN URGENT SUMMONS

                XXXI THE SEVEN DIALS

                XXXII BUNDLE IS DUMFOUNDED

                XXXIII BATTLE EXPLAINS

                XXXIV LORD CATERHAM APPROVES




                    THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY