Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime is a collection of short stories held loosely together by an overarching narrative that features the adventurous married couple, Tommy and Tuppence Beresford-two of Christie’s favorite characters. The escapade begins when they are enlisted to take over an international detective agency that has been recently purged of spies. Tommy and Tuppence tackle various intriguing cases while adopting the personas of famous fictional detectives, including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. The stories blend humor with suspense, showcasing Christie’s signature style of misdirection and intricate plotting. Ultimately, Partners in Crime encapsulates the charm of early twentieth-century detective fiction while providing readers with engaging mysteries that keep them guessing until the very end. This Warbler Classics edition includes a detailed biographical note.
Table des matières
Contents
One. The Man with the White Hair
Two. M. Le Marquis
Three. Heart of Fire
Four. On Curzon Street
Five. A Useful Gentleman
Six. Mirelle
Seven. Letters
Eight. Lady Tamplin Writes a Letter
Nine. An Offer Refused
Ten. On the Blue Train
Eleven. Murder
Twelve. At the Villa Marguerite
Thirteen. Van Aldin Gets a Telegram
Fourteen. Ada Mason’s Story
Fifteen. The Comte de la Roche
Sixteen. Poirot Discusses the Case
Seventeen. An Aristocratic Gentleman
Eighteen. Derek Lunches
Nineteen. An Unexpected Visitor
Twenty. Katherine Makes a Friend
Twenty-One. At the Tennis
Twenty-Two. M. Papopolous Breakfasts
Twenty-Three. A New Theory
Twenty-Four. Poirot Gives Advice
Twenty-Five. Defiance
Twenty-Six. A Warning
Twenty-Seven. Interview with Mirelle
Twenty-Eight. Poirot Plays the Squirrel
Twenty-Nine. A Letter from Home
Thirty. Miss Vinter Gives Judgment
Thirty-One. Mr. Aarons Lunches
Thirty-Two. Katherine and Poirot Compare Notes
Thirty-Three. A New Theory
Thirty-Four. The Blue Train Again
Thirty-Five. Explanations
Thirty-Six. By the Sea
About Agatha Christie
A propos de l’auteur
Agatha Christie is the world’s bestselling mystery writer. Over the course of more than half a century ‘The Queen of Mystery’ wrote eighty crime novels and short story collections, nineteen plays, and several poetry collections. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in the English language and another billion in a hundred other languages.
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