Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley form a partnership, hiring themselves out as ''young adventurers''. Their first case, however, is more of an adventure than they expect - working to find documents that, if they were known to the general public, would fuel a communist revolution in Britain. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie was an English crime novelist and playwright. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but is best known for the detective novels and 14 short story collections she wrote under her own name, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Tommy and Tuppence.
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.
Recommended Reading Order
Partners in Crime
- 188 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance. After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way: a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates.
The final words of the dying man...the code names of Hitler's most dangerous agents...the mysterious clue that sends Tommy and Tuppence to a seaside resort on a mission of wartime intelligence. But not as husband and wife. As strangers, meeting by chance, setting an elaborate trap for an elusive killer.
By the Pricking of My Thumbs
- 255 pages
- 9 hours of reading
An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace… When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about ‘something behind the fireplace’, Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic…
Postern of Fate
- 221 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Husband and wife sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford move into an old house in a placid English village. There, they stumble across a clue in a children's book that points to a murder committed years earlier - a crime that puts their lives in danger. A murder someone doesn't want solved.