![]() “But all that’s in the past Mrs Beresford, long, long in the past” It would seem that despite the passage of time, there may still be those trying to keep the events surrounding the decades-old murder a secret … ![]() The spry septuagenarian duo decide to investigate just for the fun of it – then their gardener is murdered and someone fires a gun at Tuppence. ![]() This refers to events from before the First World War and an au-pair who died in the house and who some thought was an enemy agent. It was one of us, I think I know which one” ![]() The basic plot is child’s play: Tommy and Tuppence move to an old house in the country and in the process inherit a stack of books, one of which includes the message: Summarising this book is both easy and maddeningly difficult. “ Young Adventurers Limited – willing to do anything, go anywhere – no unreasonable offer refused” I submit this review for Bev’s Vintage Mystery Challenge Friday’s Forgotten Books meme at Patti Abbott’s fab Pattinase blog and Kerrie’s Agatha Christie Reading Challenge monthly Blog Carnival. ![]() It was Christie’s last novel and has a pretty poor reputation – but after Karen of Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings trumpeted its values, I have been goaded into giving it another go … This was their fifth and final volume and sees the couple now in their 70s. This was Agatha Christie’s farewell to Tommy and Tuppence, the fun-loving Jazz Age adventurers currently back on TV in the shape of David Walliams and Jessica Raine. ![]()
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