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Partners in Crime (short story collection)
''Partners in Crime'' is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the US in 1929〔John Cooper and B.A. Pyke. ''Detective Fiction – the collector's guide'': Second Edition (pp. 82, 87) Scholar Press. 1994. ISBN 0-85967-991-8〕 and in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 16 September of the same year.〔''The Observer'', 15 September 1929 (p. 8)〕 The US edition retailed at $2.00〔 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6).〔''The English Catalogue of Books''. Vol XII (A-L: January 1926 – December 1930). Kraus Reprint Corporation, Millwood, New York, 1979 (p. 316)〕 All of the stories in the collection had previously been published in magazines (see ''First publication of stories'' below) and feature her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, first introduced in ''The Secret Adversary'' (1922).
==Plot introduction==
The Beresfords' old friend, Mr Carter (who works for an unnamed government intelligence agency), arrives bearing a proposition for the adventurous duo. They are to take over 'The International Detective Agency', a recently cleaned-out spy stronghold, and pose as the owners so as to intercept any enemy messages coming through. But in the meantime Tommy and Tuppence are to do with the detective agency as they please – an opportunity that delights the young couple. They employ the hapless but well-meaning Albert, a young man also introduced in ''The Secret Adversary'', as their assistant at the agency.
Eager and willing, the two set out to tackle a series of cases – mimicking in each the style of a famous fictional detective of the period, including Sherlock Holmes and Christie's own Hercule Poirot. At the end of the book, Tuppence reveals that she is pregnant, and as a result will play a diminished role in the spy business.
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