Grouping a series of detective short stories together as detective stories within a detective novel is a fun idea and works surprisingly well.
I found Partners in Crime every bit as fun and enjoyable as its predecessor in the Tommy and Tuppence series. On the same note, though, I have to confess feeling quite glad to meet the same old Tommy and Tuppence on the pages of Partners in Crime, whose company I so enjoyed in The Secret Adversary.Įven though they have, like their creator, matured to a considerable degree, Tommy and Tuppence still have the adventuring spirit and penchant for a bit of detecting. When “Partners in Crime” was published, Christie had already eight novels under her belt, and if compared to the first instalment of the Tommy and Tuppence continuum, the experience shows especially in the way Christie carries these quick romps forward. True to their nature, this detective double act jump at the change. “You think of so many things, and you think of them all at once.”Īs a cherry on top, Tommy and Tuppence are allowed to occupy their time by taking on their own investigations. “Do you know what I’ve been thinking, Tommy?” “It’s impossible to say,” replied her husband. They are invited to take over the ‘International Detective Agency’ for the benefit of some unnamed government agency and do their bit intercepting enemy messages that might pass through this establishment. In Partners in Crime, Tommy and Tuppence, now more or less happily wed to each other, find themselves accepting an exciting proposition from an old friend.Ĭonsequently, they are whisked back into the world of mystery, intrigue and adventure they left behind at the end of “The Secret Adversary”. Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.”Īgatha Christie, Partners in Crime (1929) It consists of 15 detective short stories that feature the amateur sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in their second appearance since Christie’s “The Secret Adversary” from 1922.
Partners in Crime is a detective novel by British author Agatha Christie, first published in 1929. Merry Mysteries of Tommy and Tuppence A Book Review
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