PARTNERS IN CRIME
Other titles: THE SUNNINGDALE MYSTERY (in UK reprint of 2nd half only, Collins, 1933)
UK publication: 1929 (Collins)
US publication: 1929 (Dodd, Mead)
Detective: Tommy & Tuppence Beresford
Genre: Short stories
Plot
summary and comments: A collection of 17 short stories starring the now-married
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, who (finding life dull) jump at the chance
to run a dubious detective agency for six months on assignment from the
Secret Service, joined by Albert, the erstwhile lift operator of The Secret
Adversary, who is now their officeboy. Tommy adopts the character and
methods of a different fictional detective for each case, giving Christie
the opportunity to parody such authors as Richard Freeman, Edgar Wallace,
G. K. Chesterton, Conan Doyle, H. C. Bailey, and finally herself (in a
satire of Poirot). Apart from the parodies, Tommy and Tuppence are rather
unmemorable in this book. Story titles:
- The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger;
- The Affair of the Pink Pearl;
- The Ambassador's Boots;
- Blindman's Buff;
- The Case of the Missing Lady;
- The Clergyman's Daughter;
- The Crackler;
- Finessing the King;
- The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper;
- The House of Lurking Death;
- The Man in the Mist;
- The Man Who Was No. 16;
- The Red House;
- The Sunningdale Mystery;
- The Unbreakable Alibi.
::READERS REVIEWS::
Tommy
& Tuppence Beresford take over a detective agency for Scotland Yard,
and delve into a variety of mysteries, domestic and international. With
almost every adventure, Christie users other literary detectives as inspirations
for the Beresfords to solve crimes, including her own Hercule Poirot.
I haven't read Christie in ages, and it was a delight to do so again.
Her plotting is marvelous. My favorite thing about Agatha Christie's works
is her ability to portray human nature in all its details, thereby providing
clues to motives. I learn a lot from her books!"
"A
collection of short stories featuring Christie's married team of Tommy
and Tuppence Beresford. The stories are derived from Tommy and Tuppence
being asked to take over a detective agency that the authorities believe
is an information drop for the Russians. Christie poked a little fun at
mystery writers and their counterparts by having the Beresford's take
on the persona of a different, fictional detective for each story including
Christie's famous, Belgium detective, Hercule Poirot."
"This
book is a good book to read if you like mystery books. I would want someone
else to read this so that they can understand that detectives do all they
can to solve the crime. Tommy is like my sister's boyfriend. He's like
a very shy and cautious person. While I was reading this book I could
not believe that the mystery's were about divorce cases. Tommy and Tuppence
are middle aged people who are married. Another reason I would reccomand
this book is because it has a lot of humor and excitement. Its just a
great book about a Russian mystery. I learned some things about the book.
Im going to go get more of her mystery books from the library to read."
"I
love Agatha christie, but these are my favorite characters and book of
her's. Tommy and Tuppence are great characters. I love the way Tuppence
is portrayed, especially since it first came out in 1929!"
::YOUR OPINION::
