Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and drinking every single mystery novel written by the Queen of Crime Dame Agatha Christie.

I'm Kemper Donovan.

I'm Catherine Brobach.

And this is Parker Pine.

Oh, hey, look at that.

Yep, we are back in the Parker Pine verse, Heart Specialist Parker Pine.

This week we are doing the case of the distressed lady.

Catherine Brobeck, can you tell us a little bit about the publication history on this one?

Yeah, women's pictorial published this October 22, 1932 in the UK, but, but, and this is actually not surprising because we've talked about this before.

It was previously published in the US under Are You Happy? If not, consult Mr. Parker Pine, which was published in

Cosmopolitan magazine in August of 1932.

And I actually have something even a little bit better.

Do you know what the title was when it was published in Cosmo?

What was it?

The Pretty Girl Who wanted a ring.

Don't we all think of ourselves as pretty girls too?

You know, a ring would be like nice.

But I have one even one better.

When it was published in women's pictorial apparently it had a different title

I I believe that the case of the distressed lady was the title that it was given when it was collected

But in women's pictorial as a standalone story it was given when it was collected, but in women's pictorial as a

standalone story it was called Faked with an exclamation point, which actually is a

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