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Partners in Crime

Agatha Christie · Tommy and Tuppence #2
1929 17 stories 68,350 words 4 hr 33 min

Following their successful first outing, Tommy and Tuppence featured in a number of Agatha Christie’s short stories. Christie drew these together and lightly revised them to produce the second novel in the series. Although a collection of stories, there is a frame narrative to give the collection coherence.

As Tommy and Tuppence settle into their role of running Theodore Blunt’s International Detective Agency, they make use of a library of “Classics”—by which is meant “classics” of detective fiction—to investigate their cases. As the episodes unfold, the couple model their investigations on the manner of—among others—Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Thorndyke, Inspector French, and even Christie’s own Hercule Poirot.

Christie recounts these early adventures of Tommy and Tuppence with a light touch, not neglecting the relationship of the husband and wife team of sleuths along the way.

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Contents

  1. I A Fairy in the Flat
  2. II A Pot of Tea
  3. III The Affair of the Pink Pearl
  4. IV The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger
  5. V Finessing the King
  6. VI The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper
  7. VII The Case of the Missing Lady
  8. VIII Blindman’s Buff
  9. IX The Man in the Mist
  10. X The Crackler
  11. XI The Sunningdale Mystery
  12. XII The House of Lurking Death
  13. XIII The Unbreakable Alibi
  14. XIV The Clergyman’s Daughter
  15. XV The Red House
  16. XVI The Ambassador’s Boots
  17. XVII The Man Who Was No. 16