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1934 short story collection written by Agatha Christie

The Listerdale Mystery is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins and Sons in June 1934. The book retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). The Scotsman of 14 June 1934 summarised its review by stating, "They are all good stories with plausible ideas neatly handled. A capital book for odd half hours." Robert Barnard: "Most of the stories in this collection are 'jolly', rather than detection. The final story is a dreadfully obvious one based on Tosca. The two stories with detective interest are the often reprinted Philomel Cottage (good but rather novelettish in style), and the clever Accident".

In Mr Eastwood's Adventure, Anthony Eastwood misquotes from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam when he states "Tomorrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's ten thousand years". The quote should be for seven thousand years. In The Rajah's Emerald, James Bond quotes "Thanking heaven fasting, for a good man's love" from Act III, Scene 5 of As You Like It. The name of James Bond is pure coincidence to the famous literary secret agent, The Rajah's Emerald having first appeared in print twenty seven years before the first Bond book, Casino Royale. Lord Edward Campion is a character in the Parade's End novels by Ford Madox Ford. In Swan Song, Paula Nazorkoff's final words, "La commedia è finita!" are taken from the opera Pagliacci. This opera is also referenced in The Face of Helen, a short story in the 1930 collection The Mysterious Mr. Quin.

Philomel Cottage was, before the Second World War, the most successful short story written by Agatha Christie in terms of number of adaptations. A stage version by the author herself was not published in her lifetime, and is seldom performed.

It was adapted as a highly successful West End stage play in 1936 by Frank Vosper called Love from a Stranger. The stage adaptation was filmed twice, once in 1937 and once in 1947. The stage adaptation was further adapted into two TV plays one in 1938 and another in 1947. It was also later adapted into a TV movie version, starring Emrys Jones, which aired on BBC TV on 26 December 1958.

The first known West German adaptation was titled Ein Fremder kam ins Haus and broadcast 26 June 1957. It was directed by Wilm ten Haaf [de], and starred Elfriede Kuzmany and Fritz Tillmann. A further adaptation was produced by Hessischer Rundfunk for broadcast on West German television on 5 December 1967 under the title of Ein Fremder klopft an starring Gertrud Kückelmann and Heinz Bennent.

The story The Golden Ball was adapted as the first half of the episode "The Golden Ball / Just Three Words", broadcast on January 17, 1950, as part of the NBC anthology series Fireside Theatre.

As with Parker Pyne Investigates, this collection did not appear under the usual imprint of the Collins Crime Club but instead appeared as part of the Collins Mystery series. Along with The Hound of Death, this makes The Listerdale Mystery one of only three major book publications of Christie's crime works not to appear under the Crime Club imprint in the UK between 1930 and 1979.