As mentioned, I
continued with Tommy and Tuppence, and their second outing, published in 1929, Partners
in Crime. I didn’t realize it until
I started that it’s actually a collection of short stories, with an overarching
theme that they are acting as a private detective to get to the bottom of a
conspiracy surrounding the Russians.
Like any short stories collection, there are some really good ones, and
some that are “filler.” There were a few
that I figured out well ahead of Tommy and Tuppence, (twins! The policeman did
it!) which is perhaps because they weren’t written as well or because you begin
to expect certain twists.
Throughout,
they are playing as different famous detectives of the time, which was a mixed
bag for me. Sometimes I understood and
appreciated the references (Sherlock Holmes!
Poirot as Christie got “meta”!) and others were completely over my
head. It did make them, and Christie, a
bit more playful, which is a good thing.
Overall, it was good, and I do like short detective stories because they
are easier to track.
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