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Stacy
Jun 08, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This was my first Tommy & Tuppence mystery and I did enjoy the departure from the more well known Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries (though I enjoy those too). This book was the reader's introduction to Tommy and Tuppence as amateur sleuths and they really bite off more than they bargained for, getting caught up in a deadly plot planned by Communists to overthrow the U.K. government. It begins at the sinking of the Lusitania and continues for years after the event.
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Mark Rabideau
Jun 22, 2013 rated it liked it
I have to say that I found the tale boring. If this novel were by an author other than Agatha Christie, I would have rated it lower than 3 stars.
Jess Penhallow
Jul 25, 2020 rated it liked it
Shelves: libby, uk, 1920s
This early book of Christie's was a really fun romp. I was surprised as it was really more Espionage than Mystery, although there was a mystery involved.

This was new for me as I usually think of espionage books as being set in either WWII or the Cold War so reading one set post-WWI was a nice change. However, this setting also made the plot hard to follow as I'm not very familiar with either the politics at that time or the sinking of the Lusitania. Being written at the time, Christie doesn't r
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Tim Smith
Apr 08, 2021 rated it really liked it
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Alisha
Sep 22, 2009 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own, for-a-thrill
Sawako
Apr 25, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Robert Bryant
Sep 22, 2016 marked it as to-read
Soothing Rays
Oct 26, 2016 rated it really liked it
Jinx
Sep 15, 2017 rated it it was ok
Aqsa
Mar 06, 2018 marked it as to-read
Alex Holmwood
Apr 08, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition