- UK
- Collins, London, Nov. 1940
- US
- Dodd, Mead, New York, Feb. 1941 as "The Patriotic Murders"
- Collier's Weekly, Aug.3-Sep.28 1940 as 'The Patriotic Murders'
- a.k.a. "An Overdose of Death"
Plot
The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide, But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments?
A shoe buckle holds the key to the mystery. Now - in the words of the rhyme - can Poirot pick up the sticks and lay them straight?
Characters
Hercule Poirot, Colonel Abercrombie, Mr. Amberiotis, Reginald Barnes, Alfred Biggs, Alistair Blunt, Frank Carter, Agnes Fletcher, Gerda Grant, Ram Lal, Mrs. Merton, Georgina Morley, Henry Morley, Gladys Nevill, Jane Olivera, Julia Olivera, Mr. Reilly, Mabelle Sainsbury Seale
Films & TV
- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, ITV/UK, 1992
- Agahta Christie's POIROT IV
UK/US covers
Collins / HarperCollins
- ♦Vanessa
- Collins, 1958
- Fontana, 1959
- White Circle, 1950
- Fontana, 1970; ISBN:9780006120223; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana, 1980; ISBN:9780006159520; ca: Tom Adams*
- Fontana
- Fontana, 1984; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Fontana, 1990; ISBN:9780006166917
- HarperCollins, 1996
- HarperCollins, 1996; Hardcover; ISBN:9780002316736
- HarperCollins, 2002
- HarperCollins, 2008; Masterpiece edition; ISBN:9780007120895
- HarperCollins, 2008; Facsimile edition/Hardcover; ISBN:9780007274574
- William Morrow Paperbacks, 2011; ISBN:9780062073778
- Center Point Pub, 2012; Hardcover; ISBN:9781611732856
- HarperCollins, 2016
- HarperCollins, 2016
- HarperCollins, 2016; ISBN:9780008164966
- HarperFiction, 2018; ISBN:9780008256159
Dodd, Mead
- Dodd, Mead, 1941; ♦Steve Marcum
- Dodd, Mead, 1986; Winterbrook edition; ISBN:9780396088684
Dell
- DELL(683), 1953; ca: Carl Bobertz
- DELL(D370), 1960
- DELL, 1964
- DELL, 1967
- DELL, 1973; ca: William Teason
- DELL, 1976; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- DELL, 1978; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- DELL, 1980; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- DELL, 1982; ISBN:9780440167808
Pan
- Pan(386), 1957; ca: D.A.Stowe
- Pan, 1976; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
Berkley
- Berkley
- Berkley, 1985; ISBN:9780425089002
- Berkley, 1994
- Berkley, 1998; ISBN:9780425105702
Other Publishers
- Pocket(249), 1943; ca: H. Lawrence Hoffman
- G.K.Hall, 1989; Hardcover; ISBN:9780816145850
- Albatross, 1950
- Planet Three Publishing, 2002
- Ulverscroft Large Print, 1973; Hardcover; ISBN:9780854561858
Magazine
- Collier's, Aug. 3, 1940
- Collier's, Aug. 10, 1940
- Collier's, Aug. 17, 1940
- Collier's, Aug. 24, 1940
- Collier's, Aug. 31, 1940
- Collier's, Sep. 7, 1940
- Collier's, Sep. 14, 1940
- Collier's, Sep. 21, 1940
- Collier's, Sep. 28, 1940
- Collier's, Sep. 28, 1940
Audio
- BBC Physical Audio, 2004; ISBN:9780563524069
- BBC Worldwide, 2010
- BBC Audiobooks, 2004; ISBN:9780563524014
- HarperCollins, 2002; ISBN:9780007139620
- Audio Partners, 2004; ISBN:9781572703841
- ISIS Audio Books, 1992; ISBN:9781856954587
- HarperCollins, 2002; ISBN:9780007154791
- HarperCollins, 2006
- AudioGo, 2004; ISBN:9781572703858
- HarperAudio, 2012
- HarperCollins, 2016; ISBN:9781504764261
Western Europe covers
Un, deux, trois
Le Masque (#359) 1948
- Le Masque, 1948
- Le Masque, 1962
- Le Masque, 1981
- Le Masque, 1988
- Le Masque, 1994
- Masque Christie, 2006
- Masque Christie, 2017; ISBN:9782702448458
Club des Masques (#1) 1966
- Club des Masques, 1966; ca: Tom Adams*
- Club des Masques, 1982
- Club des Masques, 1982
Le Livre de Poche (#5730) 1983
- Le Livre de Poche, 1971
- Le Livre de Poche, 2002
- Le Livre de Poche
- Le Livre de Poche, 2013; ISBN:9782253031260
- Le Livre de Poche; ISBN:9782253031260
Other Publishers
- Hachette, Collection Agatha Christie (16), 2004; ISBN:9782846343848
- Edito-Service S.A.
Moord in de martelstoel
- Sijthoff, 1950
- Sijthoff, 1961
- Sijthoff, 1972
- Sijthoff, 1967
- Sijthoff, 1974; ♦Eric Gellaerts
- Sijthoff, 1974
- Sijthoff, 1983
- Sijthoff, 1985; ISBN:9789021835716
- Luitingh-Sijthoff/Poema, 1993; ISBN:9789024513321
- HLN, 2015
- The House of Books, 2015; ISBN:9789048823376
Das Geheimnis der Schnallenschuhe
- Scherz
- Scherz, 1951
- Scherz, 1963
- Scherz,
- Scherz, 1989
- Scherz, 1995
- Scherz, 1977; ♦Hartmut Stollberg
- Scherz, 1992
- Scherz, 1997
- Scherz
- Scherz
- Scherz, 1992
- Loewe, 1996
- Weltbild, 2006
- I+H International, 1974
- Bertelsmann
- Fischer, 2006
- Hachette, 2009
- Atlantik, 2021; ISBN:9783455010855
e-book
Das Geheimnis der Schnallenschuhe
Kindle Edition, 2021
Audio
- Der Hörverlag, 2016
Northern Europe covers
Skospännet
- Bonniers, 1941
- Zebra(129), 1961
- Delfinserien, 1973; ca: Per Åhlin
- Bonniers, 1988
- Bonniers, 1997
- 1999
Audio
Skospännet
Saga Egmont, 2021
ISBN:9788711788301
Fine sko med spænder
- Carit Andersen, 1959
- Forum Krimi, 1982
- Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2014; ISBN:9788771287806
- Rosenkilde & Bahnhof (e-bog), 2014; ISBN:9788771286762
Audio
Fine sko med spænder
Rosenkilde, 2017
ISBN:9788711734216
Siste time hos tannlegen
- Aschehoug, 1986
- Aschehoug, 1976
- Aschehoug, 1986
- Aschehoug, 2010
Mabellen kahdet kasvot
- WSOY, 1962; SAPO(59)
- WSOY, 1972; SAPO(59); ISBN:9789510012956
- WSOY, 1983; ISBN:9789510118771
- WSOY, 1994; SAPO; ISBN:9789510012956
Tönn fyrir tönn
- Skjaldborg, 1999
Ũks, Kaks, Kingapannal Kinni Naks
- Varrak, 2004; ISBN:9789985308226
Viens, du, užsek man batus / Puaro eina pas dantistą
- Sirokas, 2000
- Poli, 1996
Southern Europe covers
Poirot non sbaglia
- Il Giallo Mondadori (#117), 1951
- I Capolavori dei Gialli Mondadori (#284), 1965
- Mondadori, 1980; ISBN:9788804165958
- I Classici del Giallo (#506), 1986; ca: Carlo Jacono
- Il Sabato, 1993
- Mondadori, 1995; Oscar scrittori moderni; ISBN:9788804397625
- Mondadori, 2002; Oscar scrittori moderni
- Hachette Fascicoli, 2005
- I Classici del Giallo (#971), 2006
- Mondadori, 2010; ISBN:9788804507543
- Mondadori, 2010; ebook; ISBN:9788852015021
- Corriere, 2014
- Mondadori Media S.r.l., 2021; ISBN:9778142223007
- Mondadori, 2020; Oscar moderni; ISBN:9788804728009
La muerte visita al dentista
- Biblioteca Oro(#369), 1953
- Biblioteca Oro(#79), 1952
- Biblioteca Oro(#79), 1959
- Biblioteca Oro(#79), 1975
- Molino, 1997; ISBN:9788427285378
- Planeta
- La Nacion
- Molino, 2004; ISBN:9788427298248
- Booket, 2005; ISBN:9789875800151
- Booket, 2009
- Círculo de Lectores, 2004
- RBA, 2010
- Planeta, 2017
- Planeta, 2017
- Booket
- Espasa, 2018; ebook; ISBN:9788408193746
- Booket, 2018; ISBN:9788467053005
Un, dos, corda'm la sabata
- La Llar del Llibre, 1986
- Columna, 1999; ISBN:9788483007006
Uma Dose Mortal / Os Crimes Patrióticos / O Enigma do Sapato
Uma Dose Mortal
- Nova Fronteira, 1972
- Nova Fronteira, 1977
- Record, 1987; ISBN:9788511516050
- Nova Fronteira, 2005; ISBN:9788520915394
- L&PM Pocket, 2011; ISBN:9788525421029
- Record; ISBN:9788501155535
- Kndle, 2021
Os Crimes Patrióticos
- Colecção Vampiro(373)
O Enigma do Sapato
- ASA(#40), 2007; ISBN:9789724146621
- ASA, 2016; Agatha Christie Juvenil; ISBN:9789892335872
- RBA, 2008
Μία σφαίρα στο κρανίο / Ο Γρίφος του Παπουτσιού με την Αγκράφα
Μία σφαίρα στο κρανίο
- Λυχνάρι
- Λυχνάρι(A004), 2002; ISBN:9789605170141
- Λυχνάρι
- Λυχνάρι
- Λυχνάρι, 1970
Ο Γρίφος του Παπουτσιού με την Αγκράφα
- Ψυχογιός, 2021; ISBN:9786180139792
1, 2, cipela se raspala
- Narodna knjiga - Alfa (Beograd), 2001
- Narodna knjiga & Politika (Beograd), 2005; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
1, 2, cipela se raspala
- Nova knjiga, 2015; ISBN:9788674705957
Patriotsko Ubojstvo
- V.D.T. (Zagreb), 2004; ISBN:9789536838080; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
Skrivnost okrasne zaponke
- Mladinska knjiga Založba, 2015; ISBN:9789610136439
Eastern Europe covers
Predávkovanie smrťou
- Slovenský spisovateľ, 2021; ISBN:9788022023221
Nástrahy zubařského křesla
- Knižní klub, 2005; ISBN:9788024207018
- Knižní klub, 2010; ISBN:9788024227382
A fogorvos széke
- Hunga Könyvek, 1993; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2009
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2011
Смъртта на господин Морли / Смъртта на мистър Морли
- Селекта, 1994; ca: Tom Adams*
- Ера(48), 2013; ISBN:9789543892624
Pierwsze, drugie... zapnij mi obuwie
- Phantom Press, 1992; ISBN:9788370750985
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 1998; Seria z Gawronem; ISBN:9788370236366
- Hachette Polska, 2003; Kolekcja Hachette: Agatha Christie; ISBN:9788371847301
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2005; Seria z Gawronem; ISBN:9788373843769
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2007; Agata Christie - Królowa Kryminału; ISBN:9788373846708
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2008; ISBN:9788324587124
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2012; Klasyka Kryminału; ISBN:9788324592326
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2015; Agata Christie - Królowa Kryminału; ISBN:9788327154026
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2017; Agatha Christie Kolekcja Kryminałów(81); ISBN:9788327155023
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2022; Klasyka Kryminału; ISBN:9788327163318
Unu, doi, trei, ... / O supradoză de moarte
- Excelsior-Multi Press
- Rao, 2010
- Litera, 2014; ISBN:9786069267424
- Litera, 2020; Agatha Christie Colectie; ISBN:9786063347955
- Litera, 2021; Buzz Books; ISBN:9786063373107
Раз, два - пряжку застібни
Раз, два - пряжку застегни / Раз, два, три, туфлю застегни
- Эксмо, 2010
- Эксмо, 2012; Вся Кристи; ISBN:9785699467563
- Эксмо, 2013; Детективный клуб Агаты Кристи; ISBN:9785699628339
- Эксмо, 2014; Агата Кристи. Серебряная коллекция; ISBN:9785699748822
- Эксмо, 2018; Агата Кристи. Серебряная коллекция; ISBN:9785699818242
- Hachette, 2017
- Эксмо, 2019; Агата Кристи. Любимая коллекция; ISBN:9785041010003
- Эксмо, 2022; Агата Кристи. Любимая коллекция; ISBN:9785041010003
Audio
Раз, два – пряжку застегни
Эксмо, 2020
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
- Айрис-Пресс, 2007
- Айрис-Пресс, 2008
Middle East & Asian covers
İskemlede Beş Ceset / Cinayet Salgını
- Cinayet Salgını, Ak Kitabevi, 1964
- Cinayet Salgını, Ak Kitabevi,
- İskemlede Beş Ceset, Altın Kitaplar, 1975
- İskemlede Beş Ceset, Altın Kitaplar, 1990
- İskemlede Beş Ceset, Altın Kitaplar, 2000
- İskemlede Beş Ceset, Altın Kitaplar, 2006; ISBN:9789754059540
- İskemlede Beş Ceset, Altın Kitaplar, ; ISBN:9789754059540
Bir, İki-Ayaqqabımın Toqqası
- Qanun Nəşriyyatı, 2021; ISBN:9789952363302
רצח במרפאה
- 1962
- רצח במרפאה
על ידי מזרחי
واحد - اثنان - أربط حذائي / إبزيم الحذاء / لغز الحذاء
واحد - اثنان - أربط حذائي
JARIR Reader, 2014
ISBN:6281072080211
إبزيم الحذاء
- AJYAL Publishers, 2005
ISBN:978219572557
- AJYAL Publishers, 2002
لغز الحذاء
- دار النجمة
جنایتهای میهنپرستانه / راز پرونده مختومه
جنایتهای میهنپرستانه
- Hermes books, A.P.1393
ISBN:9789643637750
- Hermes books, A.P.1391
ISBN:9789643637750
راز پرونده مختومه
- Saless, A.P.1392
ISBN:9789643809027
- روايت
A.P.1372
(Marathi) वन टू बकल माय शू
- (Marathi) Padmagandha Prakashan, 2014
ওয়ান, টু, বাকল মাই শু / ও্যান টু বাকল মাই স্যু
- ওয়ান, টু, বাকল মাই শু অ্যান্ড আদার স্টোরিজ; আদী প্রকাশন, 2018; ISBN:9789849244042
- ও্যান টু বাকল মাই স্যু; সমতট প্রকাশনী, 2018; ISBN:9789849233305
අවසන් රැඟුම
- Sarasavi Publishers, ; ISBN:9789553102713
Satu, Dua, Pasang Gesper Sepatunya / Pembunuhan Ganjil
- Gramedia, 1986; ISBN:9789794030134
- Gramedia, 2003; ISBN:9789794030134
- Gramedia, 2012; ISBN:9789792238365
- Gramedia, 2017; ISBN:9789792238365
- Pembunuhan Ganjil, Mekar Jaya, 1980
หนึ่ง สอง เข็มขัดรองเท้าเจ้าปัญหา / ศพปริศนา / คลินิกมรณะ
หนึ่ง สอง เข็มขัดรองเท้าเจ้าปัญหา
- ดอกหญ้าวิชาการ, 2006(2549); ISBN:9789749435168
ศพปริศนา
- 1983(2526); ca: Tom Adams*; ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
- สร้างสรรค์บุ๊คส์, 2557; ca: Tom Adams*; ♦Ratakorn
- 2013; ca: Tom Adams*
- น้องใหม่, 1990(2533); ISBN:9789747371734; ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
คลินิกมรณะ
- น้องใหม่; ISBN:9789747373219
Một, Hai, Ba Những Cái Chết Bí Ẩn
鞋扣之謎 / 牙医谋杀案 / 一，二，縫好鞋釦
鞋扣之謎
- 成文出版社, 1977
牙医谋杀案
- 贵州人民出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂作品全集), 1998; ISBN:9787221047304
- 人民文学出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂侦探推理系列), 2008; ISBN:9787020065905
- 人民文学出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂侦探推理“波洛”系列), 2009; ISBN:9787020073610
- 圣才教育, 2014
- 新星出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂作品52), 2017; ISBN:9787513325318
一，二，縫好鞋釦
- 遠流(克莉絲蒂推理全集), 2002; ISBN:9789573245568
愛国殺人
- 早川書房, 1955; ハヤカワ・ポケット・ミステリ(207)
- 早川書房, 1956; ハヤカワ・ポケット・ミステリ(207)
- 早川書房, 1975, 1975(2nd); ハヤカワ・ポケット・ミステリ(207)
- 早川書房, 1977, 1982(13th); ハヤカワ・ミステリ文庫(HM1-18); ISBN:9784150700188; ca: Hiroshi Manabe
- 早川書房, 2004; クリスティー文庫(19); ISBN:9784151300196
하나, 둘, 내 구두에 버클을 달아라 / 애국 살인
하나, 둘, 내 구두에 버클을 달아라
- 황금가지(애거서 크리스티 전집 52), 2008; ISBN:9788982737527
- 황금가지, 2017
애국 살인
- 일신서적출판사(IL.SIN MYSTERY COLLECTION 11), 1988; ISBN:9788936604110
- 자유시대사(애거서크리스티문고 16), 1989
- 자유문학사, 1993(애거서크리스티추리문학 4); ISBN:9788942400454
- 해문출판사, 1991
- 해문출판사(애거서 크리스티 미스터리 19), 1998; ISBN:9788938202192
- 해문출판사, 2004