Cards on the Table
UK
Collins, London, Nov. 1936
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1937
The Saturday Evening Post, May.2-Jun.6 1936

Plot

Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection.
Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of brdge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.

Contents

1. Mr Shaitana • 2. Dinner at Mr Shaitana's • 3. A Game of Bridge • 4. First Murderer? • 5. Second Murderer? • 6. Third Murderer? • 7. Fourth Murderer? • 8. Which of Them? • 9. Dr Roberts • 10. Dr Roberts (continued) • 11. Mrs Lorrimer • 12. Anne Meredith • 13. Second Visitor • 14. Third Visitor • 15. Major Despard • 16. The Evidence of Elsie Batt • 17. The Evidence of Rhoda Dawes • 18. Tea Interlude • 19. Consultation • 20. The Evidence of Mrs Luxmore • 21. Major Despard • 22. Evidence from Combeacre • 23. THe Evidence of a Pair of Silk Stockings • 24. Elimination of Three Murderers? • 25. Mrs Lorrimer Speaks • 26. The Truth • 27. The Eye-Witness • 28. Suicide • 29. Accident • 30. Murder • 31. Cards on the Table

Characters

Hercule Poirot • Superintendent Battle • Mrs. Benson • Mrs. Cradock • Charles Cradock • Rhoda Dawes • Major John Hugh Despard • Gerald Hemmingway • Mrs. Lorrimer • Mrs. Luxmore • Anne Meredith • Sergent O'Connor • Mrs. Ariadne Oliver • Colonel Johnny Race • Dr. Roberts • Mr. Shaitana

Cards on the Table (play)

adapted by Leslie Darbon
at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on December 9, 1981

Films & TV

Cards on the Table, ITV/UK, 2006
Agahta Christie's POIROT X
Cartes sur table, FR, 2014
Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 2
Chorabali, India, 2016
Film list

UK/US covers

Collins / Fontana Books / HarperCollins

Dodd, Mead and Company

Dell Books

Pan Books

Berkley Books

other publishers

play

Adapted for the stage by Leslie Darbon


Western Europe covers

Cartes sur table

French index

Le Masque (#275) 1939

Club des Masques (#364) 1979

Le Livre de Poche (#1999) 1966

other publishers

Poirot speelt bridge

Dutch index


Mit offenen Karten // Karten auf den Tisch

German index


Northern Europe covers

Korten på bordet

Swedish index


Kortene på bordet

Danish index


Kortene på bordet

Norwegian index


Kortit pöydällä

Finnish index


Spilin á borðið

Icelandic index


Kaardid lauale

Estonian index


Kortos ant stalo / Kortas ant stalo

Lithuanian index


Southern Europe covers

Carte in tavola

Italian index


Cartas sobre la mesa

Spanish index


Cartes damunt la taula / Cartes sobre la taula


Cartas na Mesa

Portuguese index


Ο Μπαλαντέρ του θανάτου / Χαρτιά στο τραπέζι / Με ανοιχτά χαρτιά

Greek index

Ο Μπαλαντέρ του θανάτου


Χαρτιά στο τραπέζι


Με ανοιχτά χαρτιά


Το καρρέ του θανάτου


Карте на столу / Karte na stolu / Karte na sto

former Yugoslavia index


Karte na stol

former Yugoslavia index


Karte na mizo

former Yugoslavia index


Otvorenih karata

former Yugoslavia index


Отворени карти

former Yugoslavia index


Eastern Europe covers

Karty na stole

Slovak index


Karty na stole

Czech index


Nyílt kártyákkal // Hercule Poirot ismét munkában

Hungarian index


Карти на масата

Bulgarian index


Karty na stół

Polish index


Cu cărțile pe față / Cu Cărţile pe masă

Romanian index

Cu Cărţile pe masă


Cu cărțile pe față


Карти на стіл

Ukrainian index


Карты на столе // Карты на стол

Russian index


Middle East & Asian covers

თამაში ღია კარტით / კარტი მაგიდაზე

Georgian index


Briç Masasında Cinayet // Briç Masası Cinayeti

Turkish index


Masadakı Kartlar

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Բացելով խաղաքարտերը


הרצח במשחק הברידג / קלפים על השולחן

Hebrew index


أوراق لعب على الطاولة / القاتل الرابع / أربعة حول الطاولة / أوراق على الطاولة

Arabic index

أوراق لعب على الطاولة


أوراق على الطاولة


القاتل الرابع


أربعة حول الطاولة


ورق ها روی میز / شیطان به قتل می رسد / ورق‌ها، روی میز / دست های رو شده

Persian index

ورق ها روی میز


شیطان به قتل می رسد


ورق‌ها، روی میز


دست های رو شده


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South Asia index


গেম ওভার / কার্ডস অন দ্য টেবিল

South Asia index


තුරුම්පු ආසියා

South Asia index


Kartu-Kartu di Meja // Kartu diatas Medja

Indonesian index


ฆาตกรรมในวงบริดจ์ / โพธิ์ดำอันตราย / ฆาตกรรมในบ่อนคาสิโน

Thai index

ฆาตกรรมในวงบริดจ์


โพธิ์ดำอันตราย


ฆาตกรรมในบ่อนคาสิโน


Những Quân Bài Trên Mặt Bàn

Vietnamese index


底牌 / 牌中牌

Chinese index

底牌


牌中牌


ひらいたトランプ

Japanese index


테이블 위의 카드 / 펼쳐진 트럼프

Korean index

테이블 위의 카드


펼쳐진 트럼프