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    The House of Lurking Death: A Tommy & Tuppence Adventure
    The House of Lurking Death: A Tommy & Tuppence Adventure
    The House of Lurking Death: A Tommy & Tuppence Adventure
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    The House of Lurking Death: A Tommy & Tuppence Adventure

    By Agatha Christie

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    Throwing on an almost convincing French accent, Tommy is determined to act the Great Detective Hanaud to his and Tuppence’s latest, lovely client. Miss Hargreaves has recently received a box of chocolates from nobody knows who, and, due to her dislike of chocolates, was the only one to not fall afoul of the arsenic-spiked treats. But, Miss Hargreaves is not the first recipient of such a gift; three other large country houses have received arsenic-laced chocolates. Miss Hargreaves is holding something back, and Tommy and Tuppence must take up residence at her house to discover the true culprit. But will they find out the truth in time?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 27, 2011
    ISBN9780062129765
    The House of Lurking Death: A Tommy & Tuppence Adventure
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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 House of Lurking Death - Agatha Christie

    The House of Lurking Death

    A Tommy & Tuppence Short Story

    by Agatha Christie

    Contents

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    The House of Lurking Death

    About the Author

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    About the Publisher

    The House of Lurking Death

    ‘The House of Lurking Death’ was first published in The Sketch, 5 November 1924. Inspector Hanaud was created by

    A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948).

    ‘What –’ began Tuppence, and then stopped.

    She had just entered the private office of Mr Blunt from the adjoining one marked ‘Clerks,’ and was surprised to behold her lord and master with his eye riveted to the private peep-hole into the outer office.

    ‘Ssh,’ said Tommy warningly. ‘Didn’t you hear the buzzer? It’s a girl – rather a nice girl – in fact she looks to me a frightfully nice girl. Albert is telling her all that tosh about my being engaged with Scotland Yard.’

    ‘Let me see,’ demanded Tuppence.

    Somewhat unwillingly, Tommy moved aside. Tuppence in her turn glued her eye to the peep-hole.

    ‘She’s not bad,’ admitted Tuppence. ‘And her clothes are simply the lastest shout.’

    ‘She’s perfectly lovely,’ said Tommy. ‘She’s like those girls Mason writes about – you know, frightfully sympathetic, and beautiful, and distinctly intelligent without being too saucy. I think, yes – I certainly think – I shall be the great Hanaud this morning.’

    ‘H’m,’ said Tuppence. ‘If there is one detective out of all the others whom you are most unlike – I should say it was Hanaud. Can you do the lightning changes of personality? Can you be the great comedian, the little gutter boy, the serious and sympathetic friend – all in five minutes?’

    ‘I know this,’ said Tommy, rapping sharply on the desk, ‘I am the Captain of the Ship – and don’t you forget it, Tuppence. I’m going to have her in.’

    He

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