NMLP P-000574 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Sittaford Mystery (US: The Murder at Hazelmoor)

Agatha Christie · Dodd, Mead and Company (US, as The Murder at Hazelmoor) / William Collins (UK, Crime Club, as The Sittaford Mystery) · 1931

The US Dodd, Mead edition (The Murder at Hazelmoor, 14 August 1931) precedes the UK Collins edition (7 September 1931) by roughly three weeks, so Dodd, Mead is the true first edition, under the variant US title. The original record's claim that UK Collins is the true first is incorrect.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-000574 for "The Sittaford Mystery (US: The Murder at Hazelmoor)" by Agatha Christie (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-000574, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).