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Tommy & Pentlička Series

This series follows the adventures of two young protagonists in the aftermath of a major war. A former soldier and a nurse, they decide to forge their own path by establishing a detective agency. Despite their humble beginnings, lacking both experience and funds, their determination and courage lead them to tackle extraordinary cases. Their investigations span from espionage plots threatening national security to perplexing mysteries involving hidden identities and locked-room secrets. It's a thrilling journey of wit, resilience, and partnership against formidable adversaries.

Postern of Fate
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
N Or M?
Partners in Crime
The Secret Adversary

Recommended Reading Order

  1. 1

    The Secret Adversary

    • 400 pages
    • 14 hours of reading
    4.3(794)Add rating

    Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme - Young Adventurers Ltd. Their advertisement says they are 'willing to do anything, go anywhere'. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined... Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She wrote 79 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of her plots.

    The Secret Adversary
  2. 2

    Partners in Crime

    • 240 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
    3.8(15846)Add rating

    The first Tommy and Tuppence mystery. They're the perfect partners in marriage, as well as in crime. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have a unique way of solving cases: They assume the methods and personalities of the world's greatest sleuths. Tommy and Tuppence take over a detective agency and assume the methods of such great fictional detectives as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot to solve case after case.

    Partners in Crime
  3. 3

    N Or M?

    • 244 pages
    • 9 hours of reading
    3.8(20722)Add rating

    Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are off to a fashionable seaside resort on a mission of wartime intelligence.

    N Or M?
  4. 4

    By the Pricking of My Thumbs

    • 224 pages
    • 8 hours of reading
    3.8(16890)Add rating

    When Tommy and Tuppence Beresford visit an elderly aunt in Sunny Ridge, her gothic nursing home, they think nothing of her mistrust of the doctors. After all, Ada is a very old lady -- and very difficult.

    By the Pricking of My Thumbs
  5. 5

    Postern of Fate

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    A poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all... Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message:M a r y - J o r d a n - d i d - n o t - d i e - n a t u r a l l y...And sixty years after their first murder, Mary Jordan's enemies are still ready to kill...

    Postern of Fate