# Partners in Crime — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie.

- [A Fairy in the Flat](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i-a-fairy-in-the-flat.md): Tuppence Beresford, now married to Tommy, expresses her discontent with their comfortable but dull life, yearning for excitement and adventure. Tommy dismisses her romantic fantasies, but their conversation is interrupte
- [A Pot of Tea](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii-a-pot-of-tea.md): The Beresfords settle into their new offices of the International Detective Agency, but after a week they are disheartened by the lack of interesting cases, receiving only divorce inquiries. Tuppence, bored and eager for
- [III: The Affair of the Pink Pearl](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/iii-the-affair-of-the-pink-pearl.md): Tommy and Tuppence, running the International Detective Agency, take on their first case: the disappearance of a valuable pink pearl belonging to a guest at the Kingston Bruce household. The client, Beatrice Kingston Bru
- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md): Tommy and Tuppence, now running the International Detective Agency under the alias of Blunt's Brilliant Detectives, prepare for clients by studying detective stories and adopting Sherlock Holmes-style props. Their first 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md): Tuppence and Tommy solve the case of the missing pink pearl, revealing that the maid Elise is the thief. Tommy uses clever detective work to identify her through fingerprints and a hidden compartment in a cake of soap. M
- [The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/iv-the-adventure-of-the-sinister-stranger.md): Tommy and Tuppence, running the International Detective Agency, receive a coded blue letter from a supposed Russian ham merchant. A mysterious stranger, Carl Bauer, visits under a false identity, and later a man posing a
- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md): Tommy and Tuppence, running the International Detective Agency, receive a coded blue letter from a Russian ham merchant, which they recognize as a signal from their chief. A mysterious client, Dr. Charles Bower, arrives 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md): Tommy is captured by the fake Inspector Dymchurch and his associates, who demand a letter. Tommy writes a note to Tuppence, luring her to bring the letter. Tuppence arrives, but instead of the letter, she has an empty en
- [Finessing the King](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/v-finessing-the-king.md): Tuppence and Tommy, finding business slow at the International Detective Agency, decide to investigate a cryptic newspaper advertisement that Tuppence believes is a coded message. They interpret it as an invitation to th
- [VI: The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/vi-the-gentleman-dressed-in-newspaper.md): After the murder at the Ace of Spades, Inspector Marriot and Sir Arthur Merivale visit the Beresfords. Sir Arthur refuses to believe his friend Captain Hale is guilty, but evidence mounts against him. Later, Inspector Ma
- [VII: The Case of the Missing Lady](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/vii-the-case-of-the-missing-lady.md): Tommy and Tuppence, posing as the International Detective Agency, receive a visit from explorer Gabriel Stavansson, who seeks their help in locating his missing fiancée, Hermione Crane (Mrs. Leigh Gordon). After deducing
- [VIII: Blindman’s Buff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/viii-blindman-s-buff.md): Tommy and Tuppence receive a warning from the Chief that their cover is blown and danger is imminent. Tuppence refuses to leave, and Tommy proposes detective exercises at home, including blindfolded experiments. They go 
- [The Man in the Mist](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ix-the-man-in-the-mist.md): Tommy and Tuppence, disheartened after a failed case for Blunt's Brilliant Detectives, encounter an old friend, Mervyn Estcourt, and the famous actress Gilda Glen. Their meeting is interrupted by a mysterious man in the 
- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md): Tommy and Tuppence, having failed in a case for Blunt's Brilliant Detectives, are at the Grand Adlington Hotel. They encounter an old friend, Mervyn Estcourt, and the famous actress Gilda Glen. Tommy, still in his cleric
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md): Tommy and Tuppence arrive at Mrs. Honeycott's house to find the maid Ellen upset about a man who rushed upstairs, caused a scream, and fled. Mrs. Honeycott reveals that Gilda Glen is her sister, who ran away to marry a c
- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md): Tommy and Tuppence discuss expanding their detective agency, but Tuppence cautions against overconfidence. Inspector Marriot visits and recruits them to investigate a counterfeiting ring distributing forged Treasury note
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md): Tommy and Tuppence infiltrate the social circle of Major and Marguerite Laidlaw to investigate the distribution of counterfeit notes. Tuppence obtains fake notes from Jimmy Faulkener, while Tommy observes Marguerite's sp
- [The Sunningdale Mystery](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xi-the-sunningdale-mystery.md): Tommy and Tuppence, feeling the slump in business, decide to apply their minds to a famous unsolved case: the Sunningdale Mystery. Over lunch at an A.B.C. shop, Tommy recounts the details of the murder of Captain Sessle 
- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md): Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, now married and running the International Detective Agency, discuss the Sunningdale Mystery over lunch at an A.B.C. shop. Tommy recounts the case of Captain Sessle, found stabbed with a hat 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md): Tommy and Tuppence discuss the Sessle murder case, with Tommy reconstructing the golf course events and Tuppence challenging the hat pin theory. They deduce that the killer may have disguised as a woman, and Inspector Ma
- [The House of Lurking Death](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xii-the-house-of-lurking-death.md): Tommy and Tuppence, now running the International Detective Agency under the alias Mr. Blunt, receive a visit from Lois Hargreaves, a young woman from Thurnly Grange. She reports a series of poisonings via chocolates lac
- [I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md): Tuppence and Tommy, now running the International Detective Agency under the alias Mr. Blunt, receive a visit from a young woman named Lois Hargreaves. She recounts a series of poisoned chocolate incidents in her village
- [II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md): Tommy and Tuppence read about the mysterious poisoning case at Thurnly Grange in the newspaper and rush to investigate. They meet Dr. Burton, who reveals that Captain Radclyffe has died and that the poison might be a pot
- [XIII: The Unbreakable Alibi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xiii-the-unbreakable-alibi.md): Tommy and Tuppence take on the case of Mr. Montgomery Jones, who is in love with Una Drake but is troubled by a wager she made with him. Una bet that she could be in two places at once, and Montgomery Jones wants the det
- [XIV: The Clergyman’s Daughter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xiv-the-clergyman-s-daughter.md): Tuppence and Tommy are at the Blunt's Brilliant Detectives office when Tuppence expresses a wish to help a clergyman's daughter. Their first client, Miss Monica Deane, arrives, and she recounts the strange happenings at 
- [XV: The Red House](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xv-the-red-house.md): Tommy and Tuppence investigate the mysterious happenings at the Red House, suspecting the invalid mother and the faithful maid Crockett. They discover that the former owner withdrew all her money in gold and hid it somew
- [The Ambassador's Boots](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xvi-the-ambassador-s-boots.md): Tuppence and Tommy, posing as Dr. Fortune and Superintendent Bell, take on a case from the American Ambassador, Randolph Wilmott, involving a mysterious mix-up of kitbags. The Ambassador's bag was swapped with that of Se
- [The Man Who Was No. 16](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xvii-the-man-who-was-no-16.md): Tommy and Tuppence, having successfully completed several cases, are summoned by Mr. Carter, who warns them of a special agent from Moscow, known as No. 16, who may visit their detective agency. They return to the office

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