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    The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger: A Tommy & Tuppence Short Story
    The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger: A Tommy & Tuppence Short Story
    The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger: A Tommy & Tuppence Short Story
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    The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger: A Tommy & Tuppence Short Story

    By Agatha Christie

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    Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are Partners in Crime—or rather partners in crime solving—and must demonstrate their deductive skills in a wide range of confounding cases after agreeing to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency.

    Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leap at the chance.

    Their first case is a success—the triumphant recovery of a pink pearl. Other cases soon follow—a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates. But can they live up to their slogan of "Any case solved in 24 hours"?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 8, 2012
    ISBN9780062211057
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies. She is the author of eighty crime novels and short-story collections, nineteen plays and six novels written under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.

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      The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger - Agatha Christie

      The Adventure of the

      Sinister Stranger

      A Tommy & Tuppence Short Story

      by Agatha Christie

      An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger

      About the Author

      Back Ads

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger

      ‘The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger’ was first published in The Sketch, 22 October 1924. The brothers Desmond and Major

      Okewood were created by Valentine Williams (1183–1946), writing as Douglas Valentine.

      ‘It’s been a darned dull day,’ said Tommy, and yawned widely.

      ‘Nearly tea time,’ said Tuppence and also yawned.

      Business was not brisk in the International Detective Agency. The eagerly expected letter from the ham merchant had not arrived and bona fide cases were not forthcoming.

      Albert, the office boy, entered with a sealed package which he laid on the table.

      ‘The Mystery of the Sealed Packet,’ murmured Tommy. ‘Did it contain the fabulous pearls of the Russian Grand Duchess? Or was it an infernal machine destined to blow Blunt’s Brilliant Detectives to pieces?’

      ‘As a matter of fact,’ said Tuppence, tearing open the package. ‘It’s my wedding present to Francis Haviland. Rather nice, isn’t it?’

      Tommy took a slender silver cigarette case from her outstretched hand, noted the inscription engraved in her own handwriting, ‘Francis from Tuppence,’ opened and shut the case, and nodded approvingly.

      ‘You do throw your money about, Tuppence,’ he remarked. ‘I’ll have one like it, only in gold, for my birthday next month. Fancy wasting a thing like that on Francis Haviland, who always was and always will be one of the most perfect asses

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