The Moving Finger
To My Friends
Sodney and Mary Smith
UK
Collins, London, Jun. 1943
Woman's Pictorial, Oct.17-Nov.21 1942 as 'Moving Finger'
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, Jul. 1942
Collier's Weekly, Mar.28-May.16 1942

Plot

Lymstock was a town with more that its share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate-mail caused only a minor stir.
But all of that changed when one of the recipients, Mrs Symmington, committed suicide. Her final note said 'I can't go on'. Only Miss Marple questioned the coroner's verdict of suicide. Was this the work of a poison-pen? Or of a poisoner?

Characters

Miss Jane Marple • Gerry Burton • Joanna Burton • Megan Hunter • Elsie Holland • Rose • Owen Griffith • Emily Barton • Partridge • Rev. Guy Calthrop • Maud Calthrop • Police Superintendent Nash • Miss Ginch • George • Pye • Mrs Cleat • Beatrice

Films & TV

The Moving Finger, BBC/UK, 1985
Agatha Christie's MISS MARPLE
The Moving Finger, ITV/UK, 2006
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 2
La plume empoisonnée, FR, 2009
Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 1

UK/US covers

Dodd, Mead and Company

Collins / Fontana Books / HarperCollins

Avon Books

Pan Books

Penguin Books

Dell Books

Berkley Books

other publishers

Magazine

Western Europe covers

La plume empoisonnée

French index

Le Masque (#371) 1949

Club des Masques (#34) 1967

Le Livre de Poche (#5846) 1983

other publishers

Le doigt qui tue


De giftige pen

Dutch index


Die Schattenhand

German index

Scherz

Goldmann

other publishers

Northern Europe covers

Mord per korrespondens

Swedish index


Døden kommer med posten

Danish index


Mord pr. korrespondanse

Norwegian index


Syyttävä sormi

Finnish index


Nobe näpp

Estonian index


Vienu pirštu

Lithuanian index


Southern Europe covers

Il terrore viene per posta

Italian index


El caso de los anónimos

Spanish index


A Mão Misteriosa / O Enigma das Cartas Anónimas / Apenas um Dedo que se Movia

Portuguese index

A Mão Misteriosa


O Enigma das Cartas Anónimas


Apenas um Dedo que se Movia


Δηλητήριο σε μικρές δώσεις / Η μαύρη πέννα / Η φαρμακερή πένα / Το κινούμενο δάκτυλο / Τα γράμματα του Σατανά

Greek index

Δηλητήριο σε μικρές δώσεις


Η μαύρη πέννα


Η φαρμακερή πένα


Το κινούμενο δάκτυλο


Τα γράμματα του Σατανά


Kobni prsti / Zlokobni prst / Jednim prstom

former Yugoslavia index


Otrovno pero / Otrovno pismo

former Yugoslavia index


Strupeno pero

former Yugoslavia index


Eastern Europe covers

Hroziaci prst / Neznáma hrozí

Slovak index


Není kouře bez ohýnku

Czech index


Nem zörög a haraszt // A láthatatlan kéz

Hungarian index


Смърт в Лимсток / Анонимният подател

Bulgarian index


Zatrute pióro

Polish index


Mâna ascunsă // Mîna ascunsă / Degetul mișcător

Romanian index


Перст провидіння

Ukrainian index

a.k.a. На кого вкаже палець (1983)


Каникулы в Лимстоке // Одним пальцем / Отравленное перо

Russian index


The Moving Finger


Middle East & Asian covers

მოძრავი თითი

Georgian index

Esrarengiz Parmaklar // Daktilodaki Parmak / Zehirli Kalem / Cinayet Reçetesi / Esrarengiz Kalem / Mektupla Gelen Ölüm / Arsenik

Turkish index


Zəhərlənmiş qələm

Azerbaijan index


Թունավոր գրիչով ձեռքը


الأصابع المتحركة / الإصبع المتحرك / اصابعالاتهاما / أصابع الإتهام / خطابات الموت

Arabic index

الأصابع المتحركة


الإصبع المتحرك


اصابعالاتهاما


أصابع الإتهام


תעלומת רצח המשרתת / רצח החדרנית

Hebrew index


دست پنهان / انگشت اتهام / آزمون بی گناهی

Persian index

دست پنهان


انگشت اتهام


آزمون بی گناهی


(Tamil) நகரும் விரல் / (Malayalam) ചലിക്കുന്ന വിരൽ

South Asia index


বেনামী চিঠি

South Asia index


Pena Beracun

Indonesian index


ดัชนีสังหาร / สื่อมรณะ

Thai index

ดัชนีสังหาร


สื่อมรณะ


Ngòi Bút Tẩm Độc

Vietnamese index


魔手 / 平静小镇里的罪恶 / 幕後黑手 / 幕后黑手 / 黑手

Chinese index

魔手


平静小镇里的罪恶


幕後黑手


幕后黑手


黑手


動く指

Japanese index


움직이는 손가락

Korean index