Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence series)
by Agatha Christie
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Read in June, 2007
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Fans of cozy mysteries
This is the second Tommy and Tuppence mystery. The duo is now happily married but bored--at least, Tuppence is bored. When Tommy's employers in Intelligence determine that a certain Blunt's International Detectives Agency is actually a Russian espionage operation, they arrest the staff and ask Tommy and Tuppence to take over the detective agency in order to draw out the spymasters. Taking their cues from a long line of fictional detectives (including Chesterton's Father Brown, and even Christ...more
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I'm going to review all Christie's books/stories with one review. She's an awesome author. The reader gets a peek into aristocratic English life of a much earlier time period. The stories are all plot-driven, with sketchy characters, and sometimes contrived clues, but the plots are INTERESTING and keep the reader involved. There's a lot of violence,blood, guts, and evil--off screen/page--but no voyeuristic sex in great detail, thank heaven!! These books are as nice to read as curling up in your ...more
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Read in January, 2008
I know Dashiell Hammett based Nora Charles after Lillian Helmann, but Nick and Nora Charles feel like the godchildren of Christie's Tommy and Tuppence. Like the Charles, Tommy and Tuppence seem to fall into crime and intrigue more often than not. With witty dialogue that whips with its colorful 1920's British lingo, the two protagonists tussle in constant, but gentle mockery that thinly disguises their sweet and complete devotion to one another.
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Read in September, 2008
The parody bits were so much fun! And in general, I think Tommy and Tuppence are so endearing, I just couldn't help but love this - also, I've been a bit short of time lately for long reading sessions, so this was perfect - I could just sit down and read one case at a time, without forgetting the details because I had to break off and do homework!
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Read in March, 2008
Short stories featuring Tommy and Tuppence, with the common thread of looking out for some malodorous Russian agents. The now married couple of Beresfords take turn in imitating famous detectives such as Sherlock Holmes, the Old Man in the Corner, McCarty and Christie's own Hercule Poirot. Each story has one or other of the protagonists sleuthing in another's style.
It's entertaining enough but fairly light and frothy.
It's entertaining enough but fairly light and frothy.
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Read in July, 2003
I adore Tommy and Tuppence!! They are the cutest partners in crime I've ever run across! The mysteries are mostly well thought out and fun, but even if they weren't Tommy and Tuppence would make up for it! The only reason this book didn't get 5 stars is simply because it's a collection of mysteries instead of one, so there isn't the character plot for Tommy and Tuppence that there is in the first book.
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I'm not a huge Agatha Christie fan - or even a mystery fan, for that matter - but this book is really charming. It's a kind of British Nick-and-Nora story, about married detectives Tuppence and Tommy Beresford. (My mother liked it so much she considered nicknaming me "Tuppence" when I was a baby. Yes, I am glad she didn't like it quite enough to do it.)
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