By the Pricking of My Thumbs in 100+ Books in 2025

Aug 06, 2009 Dolly rated it liked it

Shelves: england-english, mystery, 2009, death, 2022

This is a good story in Dame Agatha's collection. It has a surprising ending, a least it was for me. And overall, the story had a rather twisted, almost creepy feel to it. It wasn't my favorite, but it was a good book and perfect for reading on a plane.

June 2022 update: Working my way through her novels, I listened to Hugh Fraser narrate the audiobook edition (with ISBN13 9780062229496). I always enjoy listening to a Tommy and Tuppence tale and this one did not disappoint. I really didn't rememb ...more

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Jun 21, 2015 Carmen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-and-thrillers

Tommy's aunt, Aunt Ada, dies and leaves them a painting of a house by a river. Tuppence is sure that she has seen it before. Then they begin to wonder about why another lady suddenly is picked up by relatives. This leads to an impromptu investigation by Tuppence, which Tommy is dragged into. Of course, Agatha Christie does not disappoint. ...more

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Apr 10, 2023 Jgrace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: england, audio, cozy-mystery, aging, murder-mystery, judithg, classic-mystery, mystery, mystery-series, 20th-century

By the Pricking of My Thumbs- Christie
Audio performance by Hugh Fraser
4 stars

Tommy and Tuppence in late middle age. (They clearly don’t consider themselves to be elderly.) Tommy goes off for a ‘reunion’ in a secret place with secret service pals. Tuppence pursues an elderly lady who is missing from a nursing home. In her usual scattered manner, Tuppence approaches the problem inefficiently, puts herself in danger, and stumbles across multiple crimes and culprits.

The Christien plot twist migh ...more

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Mar 06, 2025 Sadie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, books-i-own, 3-stars

This was my first Tommy and Tuppence novel. Although this was not the first in the series, I felt like there weren't any references I was missing. I enjoyed the novel - although the plot was a little over the top. I enjoyed the characters and how the story unfolded. ...more

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Apr 05, 2015 Linda rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: challenge, permanant-collection, bingo

I do like Tommy and Tuppence and they just get better with age. They really stumbled into this mystery and there were lots of threads woven together at the end which made it a touch confusing but still a good book.

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