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By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #4)

Agatha Christie

Start date: July 15, 2025

Finish date: August 6, 2025

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Jun 04, 2019 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: agatha-christie

My first Tommy and Tuppence story. An elderly happily married couple who get into some pickles. This story about the aging Aunt Ada and them meeting Mrs Lancashire in her retirement home starts an adventure. Tuppence looks for and finds a house by a canal in a painting there aunt leaves them. The house has some strange inhabitants and Tuppence is curious about the house history and gets drawn into a mystery with a surprise ending.

Criminal gangs, child murders, a secret room, jewels and some odd ...more

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Jul 05, 2024 Tania rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, agatha-christie

It was nice to find a Christie that I haven't read before, but there was a bit too much going on in this one. I lost track of all the different mysteries. ...more

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Nov 01, 2018 Shauna rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, modern-crime-uk, read-more-than-once

Not one of Christie's best . The original premise is interesting and has lots of potential but things rapidly go downhill. The plot takes in a dead child, jewel robberies, a criminal mastermind and a child killer to name but a few. A less scattergun approach would have made for a more coherent and enjoyable detective story. ...more

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