by Agatha Christie
First off, I have to share the plot summary from the back of my copy, because it barely resembles the book I just read: No outsider could have guessed that the quiet seaside hotel was a human time bomb primed to explode. Then the first corpse was found, and the clock of terror began to tick.Every ...
Cool to see British perspective on WWII but the plot was too similar to "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?".
The next installment in my quest to re-visit Dame Agatha's works: N or M? follows the adventures of Tommy and Tuppence during the War. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford - both getting on a bit - are both refused a chance to contribute to the war effort. Tommy is turned down from working for the secret...
Tommy and Tuppence are recurring characters like Poirot and Miss Marple. This married couple are searching for something profitable to do for their country as Hitler is conquering Europe. They are finally given the task to find members of the Fifth Column. These were Englishmen in government and the...
I listened to about 3/4 of the book and then read the rest. I may have read this book previously because I was reading it, I kept thinking I've read this before, then maybe not, then back to yes I have. Anyway, it's a fun read - love Tommy and Tuppence. Tony threw me for a loop with all of his marve...
Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are two of my favorite characters created by Agatha Christie. Compared to Poirot or Miss Marple, they are somehow more relatable, maybe because they are a married couple with children and so deal with more day-to-day realities of life. And they are hugely entertaining!...
One of my top ten Agatha Christie books, I have a soft spot for Tommy and Tuppence, but that aside, this story has an interesting premise. It is truly difficult to decide which of the characters is not what they appear to be. I will say no more as it is too easy to spoil this story. My best advice i...
I actually read an earlier edition that doesn't seem to be on goodreads right now.This book was written during war time and although it tries to overcome hatred of the enemy, it nonetheless engages in stereotypes particularly of Germans and British. It is thoroughly pro-British in a wartime way.The...
This book holds the record for "not finished for the longest time" for me - I lost the copy I was reading when I was 13; borrowed it from the library in my twenties only to discover the last ten pages were missing; and now, nearly thirty years later, I have finally read it to the last page! It may b...
Tommy and Tuppence in war time. Huzzah for Tommy and Tuppence. Again, a comfort re-read. (Jan 2008)
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