From the Bookshelf of Reading the Detectives…

N or M? (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #3)

Agatha Christie

Start date: March 15, 2025

Finish date: April 7, 2025

Discussion: Buddy reads

Why we're reading this: Another in the Tommy & Tuppence series
[close] Another in the Tommy & Tuppence series

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 484 topics — 9,245 comments total

Buddy reads

* Willful Behaviour by Donna Leon (Brunetti #11) (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 21 posts · 11 views

last updated Oct 25, 2025 07:02AM

* Willful Behaviour - SPOILER Thread - (Brunetti #11) (Oct/Nov 25)
By Susan · 3 posts · 7 views

last updated Oct 23, 2025 12:57AM

showing 1 of 1 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Aug 16, 2017 John Frankham rated it it was amazing

Shelves: crime-detective

A Feb 2019 re-read confirms the review below.

Good old Tommy and Tuppence, up to their old undercover tricks to help prevent fifth-columnists sabotaging the British efforts in repealing an expected German invasion after Dunkirk. Well-written adventure mystery, with some interesting and humane thoughts about the nature of war and the demands it makes on protagonists on both sides. What a good writer Christie was!

The GR blurb:

'This novel, set during World War II, sees Tommy and Tuppence Beresford a ...more

3 likes · Like · see review

Jan 30, 2020 Sandy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: rread-2020, read-2025, mystery-classic, mystery-detective-grp

Tommy and Tuppence are middle-aged now, retired, but pulled back in by WWII. They aren't my favorites, but I enjoyed this adventure.

Updated from three stars to two with a reread five years later. While I enjoy the characters of T & T, I found the plot convoluted with spies popping up everywhere. Christie was so much better at murders. ...more

2 likes · Like · see review