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"...you have no expert knowledge whatever."
"Well, I have read every detective novel that has been published in the last ten years."
~Tommy Beresford; Tuppence Beresford
When Mr. Carter (The Chief from their debut in The Secret Adversary) suggests that Tommy & Tuppence Beresford take over a detective agency that has been receiving odd Russian-stamped letters in an effort to track down those behind some international mischief, he also opens the way for the Beresfords to put the skills of fictional d ...more
"Well, I have read every detective novel that has been published in the last ten years."
~Tommy Beresford; Tuppence Beresford
When Mr. Carter (The Chief from their debut in The Secret Adversary) suggests that Tommy & Tuppence Beresford take over a detective agency that has been receiving odd Russian-stamped letters in an effort to track down those behind some international mischief, he also opens the way for the Beresfords to put the skills of fictional d ...more
May 16, 2011
Abbey
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1929, #2 Tommy & Tuppence Beresford, Blunt's Detective Agency, London
Fifteen linked short stories, each originally published in magazines (1923-1928), and slightly rewritten to make the novel feel a bit tighter. Unfortunately, Christie was unsuccessful in that regard - it still feels like a bunch of short stories cobbled together. Not bad writing per se., but this is certainly not one of Christie's strongest books.
Tommy and Tuppence are running a detective agency under the benevolent eye of Mr. ...more
Fifteen linked short stories, each originally published in magazines (1923-1928), and slightly rewritten to make the novel feel a bit tighter. Unfortunately, Christie was unsuccessful in that regard - it still feels like a bunch of short stories cobbled together. Not bad writing per se., but this is certainly not one of Christie's strongest books.
Tommy and Tuppence are running a detective agency under the benevolent eye of Mr. ...more
A selection of short stories strung together as Tommy and Tuppence take over a private detective's office. There's the overarching mystery of international spies, but the other stories range from simple to serious. Add to that, T&T take the opportunity to pretend to be literary detectives. I know Holmes, of course, and Poirot, but I don't recognize others they discuss like McCarty, the Brothers Okewood, or Reggie Fortune and Superintendent Bell. It doesn't matter, though, as most of the stories
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I am DONE with Tommy and Tuppence! Partners in Crime is a collection of short stories, some better than others. Their tiresome dialog got to me. Moving on to other Agatha Christie characters.
Always refreshing to revisit old friends.
Fun little conceit in which our intrepid couple take on cases similar to other famous sleuths, the last of course being Hercule Poirot!
Very enjoyable, and Tommy and Tuppence (and Albert) are lovely characters to spend time with.
Mar 05, 2011
Bev
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vintage-mystery,
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I like Tommy & Tuppence a lot. These are fun books. Four and a half stars.
Apr 16, 2010
Unsolved ☕︎ Mystery
marked it as to-read
Jun 02, 2011
AnneEssDee (I'm on StoryGraph too)
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mystery
Jul 06, 2014
Paperbackreader
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Aug 20, 2015
Fern
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Apr 14, 2017
Katie
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