num_pages: 214
description: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, restless for adventure, solve cases using fictional detective styles of the 1920s within a framework of Russian spies, codeword 16, kidnappers to outwit. In addition to a number of shorter mysteries, this edition contains the following multi-chapter stories:The Affair of the Pink Pearl - Thefts in rich country houses follow the visits of kleptomaniac Lady Laura and her French maid EliseThe Adventure of the Sinister Stranger - A stranger arrives with a highly suspicious new case Finessing the King/The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper - Sir Arthur mourns his wife, dressed as Queen of Hearts, stabbed after a costume ball, apparently by their best friend Captain HaleThe Man in the Mist - Actress Gilda Glen is attacked on a foggy nightThe Crackler - Tommy and Tuppence investigate a counterfeiting ringThe Sunningdale Mystery - A man is found stabbed on the golf course after having met a mysterious lady in a brown coat there earlier that same day The House of Lurking Death - Rich young Miss Lois Hargreaves consults with Tommy and Tuppence on a personal matter but she dies before they can investigate her concernsThe Clergyman's Daughter/The Red House - A clergyman's daughter inherits a house with a suspected poltergeistThis edition is part of the Bantam Agatha Christie Mystery Collection leatherette-bound set with gold emblems front and spine on dark navy texture, marbled inside papers, front and back. 
language: English
title: Partners in Crime
titlecomplete: Partners in Crime
characters: Inspector Marriot, Tommy Beresford, Albert Batt, "Tuppence" Beresford
genres: Fiction, Crime, Murder Mystery, British Literature, Audiobook, Short Stories, Classics, Detective, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 19929
series: Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries
publisher: Bantam Books