Partners in Crime (The Tommy and Tuppence Mystery Series)
$250 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · In dust jacket
New York: Dodd, Mead Company, 1929. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First American edition. Lacks original jacket, but includes convincing facsimile made from a copy of an original with some loss from corners (the paper is continuous on the reverse, though). A couple smudges and other minor cosmetic blemishes to boards, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1929 Hard Cover. 277 pp. 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
- Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company
- Year: 1929
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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