N or M? (Tommy and Tuppence Series) by Agatha Christie

From the Publisher

This atmospheric story, set during WW2, finds the now mature Tommy and Tuppence Beresford doing what they do best—having an adventure. These two unlikely spies help to defend their country by trying to rout out two highly placed Fifth Columnists. When Tommy is asked by the British Intelligence Service to go and stay at the Sans Souci guest house he is astonished to see Tuppence there. The mission: to identify which of the other guests is N and which is M....

Engaging characters, bright dialogue, capital seashore scenery, and plenteous thrills. Good hunting.

Saturday Review of Literature

Engaging characters, bright dialogue, capital seashore scenery, and plenteous thrills. Good hunting.

Library Journal

Middle-aged Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, too old to fight and too young to knit, are dismayed to find out that the British government of World War II has little interest in their detecting and spy-catching abilities. Then, almost incidentally, they are asked to spot a traitor, believed to be living at a rural guesthouse. But the place is full of harmless eccentrics: elderly ladies, retired military men, a hypochondriac and his colorless wife, a young mother, and a German refugee. The Beresfords invent personalities and elaborate traps, identify the imposter, and prevent an invasion. The strengths of this Christie "cozy" are the exuberant charm, intelligence, and enthusiasms of the central characters. Middle-aged they may be, but inside Tommy and Tuppence are still the same young adventurers who chased criminals and spies in post-Great War London. James Warwick does a highly competent, nicely unobtrusive job of reading this title, which is likely to be popular with fans of golden age mysteries. Recommended for moderate to large public libraries. I. Pour-El, Des Moines Area Community Coll., Boone, IA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Product Details

• ISBN: 0451201132
  
• ISBN-13: 9780451201133
• Format: Mass Market Paperback, 224pp
• Publisher: Signet
• Pub. Date: September 2000
• Edition Description: REISSUE
• Sales Rank: 58,259
• Series: Tommy and Tuppence Series