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Tommy & Pentlička

Questa serie segue le avventure di due giovani protagonisti nel periodo successivo a una grande guerra. Un ex soldato e un'infermiera decidono di intraprendere la propria strada fondando un'agenzia investigativa. Nonostante i loro umili inizi, privi di esperienza e fondi, la loro determinazione e il loro coraggio li portano ad affrontare casi straordinari. Le loro indagini spaziano da complotti di spionaggio che minacciano la sicurezza nazionale a misteri sconcertanti che coinvolgono identità nascoste e segreti di stanze chiuse. È un emozionante viaggio di ingegno, resilienza e partnership contro formidabili avversari.

The Secret Adversary
Partners in Crime
Postern of fate
By the pricking of my thumbs
N or M?

Ordine di lettura consigliato

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    Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme - Young Adventurers Ltd. Their advertisement says they are 'willing to do anything, go anywhere'. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined... Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She wrote 79 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of her plots.

    The Secret Adversary
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    Agatha Christie's complete Tommy and Tuppence short story collection, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance. After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way: a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates.

    Partners in Crime
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    An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace... When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about 'something behind the fireplace', Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic...

    By the pricking of my thumbs
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    A poisoning many years ago may not have been accidental after all... Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings. However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message:M a r y - J o r d a n - d i d - n o t - d i e - n a t u r a l l y...And sixty years after their first murder, Mary Jordan's enemies are still ready to kill...

    Postern of fate