Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

AuthorAgatha Christie
GenreFiction, Anthology, Short Stories, Detective, Crime
Original LanguageEnglish
First published1929
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NotesPartners in Crime is a short story collection by Agatha Christie, first published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the US in 1929, and in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 16 September of the same year. All of the stories in the collection had previously been published in magazines and feature her detectives Tommy & Tuppence, first introduced in The Secret Adversary (1922). • "A Fairy in the Flat" - first published under the title "Publicity" in The Sketch, 24 September 1924 • "A Pot of Tea" - first published under the title "Publicity" in The Sketch, 24 September 1924 • "The Affair of the Pink Pearl" - first published in The Sketch, 1 October 1924 • "The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger" - first published under the title "The Case of the Sinister Stranger" in The Sketch, 22 October 1924 • "Finessing the King/The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper" - first published under the title "Finessing the King" in The Sketch, 8 October 1924 • "The Case of the Missing Lady" - first published in The Sketch, 15 October 1924 • "Blindman's Buff" - first published in The Sketch, 26 November 1924 • "The Man in the Mist" - first published in The Sketch, 3 December 1924 • "The Crackler" - first published under the title "The Affair of the Forged Notes" in The Sketch, 19 November 1924 • "The Sunningdale Mystery" - first published under the title "The Sunninghall Mystery" in The Sketch, 29 October 1924 • "The House of Lurking Death" - first published in The Sketch, 5 November 1924 • "The Unbreakable Alibi" - first published in Holly Leaves (the annual Christmas special of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News), December 1928 • "The Clergyman's Daughter/The Red House" - first published under the title "The First Wish" in The Grand Magazine, December 1923 • "The Ambassador's Boots" - first published under the title "The Matter of the Ambassador's Boots" in The Sketch, 12 November 1924 • "The Man Who Was No. 16" - first published in The Sketch, 10 December 1924
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