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    The Man Who Was No. 16: A Tommy & Tuppence Story
    The Man Who Was No. 16: A Tommy & Tuppence Story
    The Man Who Was No. 16: A Tommy & Tuppence Story
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    The Man Who Was No. 16: A Tommy & Tuppence Story

    By Agatha Christie

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    Previously published in the print anthology Partners in Crime.

    The Beresfords finally come face to face with their secret adversary. In order to crack the case, they must ape the techniques of the great Hercule Poirot.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 27, 2013
    ISBN9780062300607
    The Man Who Was No. 16: A Tommy & Tuppence Story
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

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      The Man Who Was No. 16 - Agatha Christie

      Contents

      The Man Who Was No. 16

      About the Author

      The Agatha Christie Collection

      Copyright

      About the Publisher

      THE MAN WHO WAS NO. 16

      Tommy and Tuppence were closeted with the Chief in his private room. His commendation had been warm and sincere.

      You have succeeded admirably. Thanks to you we have laid our hands on no less than five very interesting personages, and from them we have received much valuable information. Meanwhile I learn from a creditable source that headquarters in Moscow have taken alarm at the failure of their agents to report. I think that in spite of all our precautions they have begun to suspect that all is not well at what I may call the distributing centre—the office of Mr. Theodore Blunt—the International Detective Bureau.

      Well, said Tommy, I suppose they were bound to tumble to it some time or other, sir.

      As you say, it was only to be expected. But I am a little worried—about Mrs. Tommy.

      I can look after her all right, sir, said Tommy, at exactly the same minute as Tuppence said, I can take care of myself.

      H’m, said Mr. Carter. Excessive self-confidence was always a characteristic of you two. Whether your immunity is entirely due to your own superhuman cleverness, or whether a small percentage of luck creeps in, I’m not prepared to say. But luck changes, you know. However, I won’t argue the point. From my extensive knowledge of Mrs. Tommy, I suppose it’s quite useless to ask her to keep out of the limelight for the next week or two?

      Tuppence shook her head very energetically.

      "Then all I can do is

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