Evil under the Sun
To John
In memory of our last season in Syria.
UK
Collins, London, Jun. 1941
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, Oct. 1941
Collier's Weekly, Dec.14 1940 - Feb.22 1941

Plot

It was not unusual to find the beautiful bronzed body of the sun-loving Arlena Stuart stretched out on a beach, face down. Only, on this occasion, there was no sun...she had been strangled.
Ever since Arlena's arrival at the resort, Hercule Poirot had detected sexual tension in the seaside air. But could this apparent 'crime of passion' have been something more evil and premeditated altogether?

Characters

Odell Gardener • Myra Gardener • Arlena Marshall • Captain Marshall • Linda Marshall • Patrick Redfern • Christine Redfern • Horace Blatt • Daphne Castle • Hercule Poirot

Films & TV

Evil under the Sun, UK, 1982
Film list
Evil under the Sun, ITV/UK, 2001
Agahta Christie's POIROT VIII
Ding Dingue Dong, FR, 2019
Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 2

UK/US covers

Collins / Fontana Books / HarperCollins

Dodd, Mead and Company / Grosset&Dunlap

Pocket Books

Pan Books

Berkley Books

other publishers

Magazine

Western Europe covers

Les vacances d'Hercule Poirot

French index

Le Masque (#351) 1948

Club des Masques (#275) 1976

Le Livre de Poche (#1178) 1964

Le Livre de Poche jeunesse (#1098) 2005

other publishers

Overal is de duivel // Kwaad onder de zon

Dutch index


Das Böse unter der Sonne / Rätsel um Arlena

German index

Rätsel um Arlena


Das Böse unter der Sonne


Northern Europe covers

Mord på ljusa dagen

Swedish index


Solen var vidne // Mord i solen

Danish index


Solen var vitne

Norwegian index


Varjossa auringon alla

Finnish index


Sólin var vitni

Icelandic index


On kurjust päikese all

Estonian index


Ļaunums zem saules

Lettish index


Blogis po saule

Lithuanian index


Southern Europe covers

Corpi al sole

Italian index


Maldad bajo el sol / Muerte bajo el sol

Spanish index

Maldad bajo el sol


Muerte bajo el sol


Maldat sota el sol


Morte na Praia / As Férias de Poirot

Portuguese index

Morte na Praia


As Férias de Poirot


Το τσίμπημα της καρφίτσας / Έγκλημα κάτω από τον ήλιο / Έγκλημα στον ήλιο / Βια κατω απο τον ηλιο / Φονοσ κατω απο τον ηλιο

Greek index

Το τσίμπημα της καρφίτσας


Έγκλημα στον ήλιο


Έγκλημα κάτω από τον ήλιο


Βια κατω απο τον ηλιο


Φονοσ κατω απο τον ηλιο


Zlo pod suncem

former Yugoslavia index


Zlo pod suncem

former Yugoslavia index


Zlo pod soncem

former Yugoslavia index


Зло под Сонцето

former Yugoslavia index


Eastern Europe covers

Zlo pod slnkom

Slovak index


Zlo pod sluncem

Czech index


Nyaraló gyilkosok

Hungarian index


Зло под слънцето

Bulgarian index


Zło, które żyje pod słońcem / Zło czai się wszędzie

Polish index

Zło czai się wszędzie


Zło, które żyje pod słońcem


Hotel na wybrzeżu


Răul sub soare

Romanian index


Зло під сонцем

Ukrainian index


Зло под солнцем

Russian index


Evil under the Sun


Middle East & Asian covers

ბოროტება მზისქვეშეთში / უცხოური ლიტერატურა / ბოროტება მზის ქვეშ

Georgian index


Ölüm Oyunu

Turkish index


Günəş Altında Şər

Azerbaijan index


Չարիքն արևի տակ


אליבי ⁄ גופה על החוף הרקול פוארו / הרצח בנשף המסיכות

Hebrew index


شر تحت الشمس / جريمة على الشاطئ

Arabic index

شر تحت الشمس


جريمة على الشاطئ


جزيرة المهربين


الشر تحت الشمس


شرارتی زیر آفتاب / قتل با کتاب جادو / شیطان زیر آفتاب

Persian index

شرارتی زیر آفتاب


قتل با کتاب جادو


شیطان زیر آفتاب


جنایت در روز روشن


एव्हिल अंडर द सन

South Asia index


ইভিল আন্ডার দ্যা সান / ইভল আন্ডার দ্য সান

South Asia index


හිරු යට මරු / අනේ මට යන්න දෙන්න

South Asia index


Pembunuhan di Teluk Pixy // Kejahatan di Siang Bolong / Maut di Siang Hari

Indonesian index


เกาะมฤตยู / ตะวันสีเลือด / ฆาตกรรมริมหาด / ภาพลวงตา

Thai index

เกาะมฤตยู


ตะวันสีเลือด


ฆาตกรรมริมหาด


ภาพลวงตา


Tội Ác Dưới Ánh Mặt Trời / Kỳ Nghỉ Hè Của Poirot / Tội Lỗi Dưới Ánh Mặt Trời

Vietnamese index

Tội Ác Dưới Ánh Mặt Trời


Kỳ Nghỉ Hè Của Poirot


Tội Lỗi Dưới Ánh Mặt Trời


孽債情屍 / 艷陽下的謀殺案 / 豔陽下的謀殺案 / 艳阳下的谋杀案 / 阳光下的罪恶

Chinese index

孽債情屍


艷陽下的謀殺案


豔陽下的謀殺案


艳阳下的谋杀案


阳光下的罪恶


白昼の悪魔

Japanese index


백주의 악마

Korean index