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Tommy and Tuppence
Inspector Japp is also briefly mentioned in the Tommy and Tuppence book The Secret Adversary ; his card is brought to Julius Hersheimmer at the end of chapter five.
The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie books and one collection of short stories written throughout her writing career.
Set in 1919 London and various other outlying locales throughout Britain, couple Tommy Beresford and Prudence " Tuppence " Cowley, out of work and money, form the " The Young Adventurers, Ltd ." planning to hiring themselves out as " adventurers … illing to do anything, go anywhere … o unreasonable offer refused.
" Being overheard by Mr. Whittington, Tuppence is offered a comfortable position, only to be rejected after she gives her name as " Jane Finn ", a name Tommy overheard when he and Tuppence earlier entered Lyons for tea and a bite and were walking to their table (" funny scraps one does overhear ").
Convinced that they can get further money out of Whittington if they play their cards right, Tommy and Tuppence prepare to shadow him, only to discover that he has closed his office and disappeared without a trace.
At this point, Tommy and Tuppence take Julius into their confidence, and the three agree to join forces:
All barriers went down with a crash, and Tommy and Tuppence felt they had known the
Tommy and Tuppence join Julius and take up residence at his hotel, the Ritz, with the Young Adventurers ' tab being picked up by Carter.
Tommy and Tuppence decide to search for a Rita among the surviving passengers of the Lusitania, and locate a woman named Marguerite Vandemeyer, who uses " Rita " as a diminutive.
Tommy is able to contact Julius before Boris and Whittington separate: While Tommy follows Boris through London to a house in Soho, Julius trails Whittington on the train to Bournemouth, and Tuppence takes her chance to find employment at Rita's.
In recounting his adventures to Tuppence, the two note that neither has heard from Tommy and know nothing of his whereabouts.
In the ensuing conversation, Tuppence is able to obtain the promise of information regarding Jane Finn, Tommy and the mysterious Mr. Brown in exchange for a substantial amount of money out of Julius ' long purse.
Upon returning to the Ritz, Tommy and Julius recognize the telegram to Tuppence as a means of getting her out of the way.
Tommy then requests from Mr. Carter an original copy of the telegram sent to Tuppence, and finds out that the telegram was altered after Tuppence had read it, to throw him onto the wrong track.
The novel concludes with Julius and Jane as well as Tommy and Tuppence joining in matrimony.
It stated that the characters of Tommy and Tuppence as " refreshingly original " and praised the fact that the " identity of the arch-criminal, the elusive " Mr Brown ", is cleverly concealed to the very end ".
" Nevertheless they conceded that, " Miss Christie has a clever prattling style that shifts easily into amusing dialogue and so aids the pleasure of the reader as he tears along with Tommy and Tuppence on the trail of the mysterious Mr. Brown.
Robert Barnard: " The first and best ( no extravagant compliment this ) of the Tommy and Tuppence stories.
This rather whimsical statement was one of only two times that Christie addressed a dedication to her readers, the other occasion being the penultimate Tommy and Tuppence book, By the Pricking of My Thumbs in 1968.
Illustration by Arthur Ferrier of Tommy and Tuppence from the December 1923 issue of The Grand Magazine and the first-known image of the characters ( See Partners in Crime ( short story collection )# First publication of stories | Partners in Crime )
Tommy and Tuppence are two fictional detectives, recurring characters in the work of Agatha Christie.

Tommy and agree
Telford did not agree with this decision and refused to go, so Davis sent Tommy Woodcock.
Unable to agree on a name ( which included suggestions like The Beggermen, the Tinkers and even The Chieftains ) the club owner decided for them, simply posting " The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem ".

Tommy and work
His character on Galaxy Quest had been a Wunderkind pilot, but the real-life Tommy has much more difficulty piloting a real starship and only masters the controls after watching video of his work as a child.
Ella in London recorded live in 1974 with pianist Tommy Flanagan, guitarist Joe Pass, bassist Keter Betts and drummer Bobby Durham, was considered by many to be some of her best work.
* 1954-Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities opens work in Cuba ; Argentina Revival breaks out during Tommy Hicks crusade ; Augustinians re-established in Japan ; Columbans enter Chile
As a teenager, Vigoreaux found work in a radio station named WIAC-FM, which was managed by Tomás Muñiz ( father of Tommy Muñiz ).
According to Yair Lapid, son of Tommy Lapid who was then the IBA director general, Lapid called his counterpart at NOS and convinced him to take the " undesired honour ", when he realised that the extra cost could paralyse the regular work of the IBA.
* Singer songwriter Tommy Shaw ( best known for his work with the rock band Styx ) is associated with a number of references to the Sea of Tranquility.
As time passes, Tommy befriends Cortez and begins to do regular work for him as an errand boy and hitman.
Tommy takes this work because it pays well, in spite of his distaste for Diaz's character.
He is perhaps best known for the film adaptations of his work, especially Hud ( from the novel Horseman, Pass By ), starring Paul Newman and Patricia Neal ; the Peter Bogdanovich – directed The Last Picture Show ; James L. Brooks's Terms of Endearment, which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture ( 1984 ); and Lonesome Dove, which became a popular television mini-series starring Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall.
On August 27, 2011, Storm came out of retirement to work a short match with Tommy Dreamer.
His father, Tommy, used to work with Paul.
After a summer touring with this company Cathy joined Tommy Sexton, Greg Malone, Mary Walsh, and Dyan Olsen in Toronto to look for more work in theatre and there in the fall of 1973, they formed the comedy troupe CODCO Andy Jones and Robert Joy joined the company in early 1974.
He retired again after the war, in December 1918, and went back to work perfecting the " Tommy Gun.
She began to work less, but still toured the UK under the management of Harold Fielding, manager of top artists of the day such as Tommy Steele and Max Bygraves.
They were getting very little work, however, and were on the threshold of disbanding when they received a call from Tommy Dorsey ( in Chicago ).
The Betty character then joins in halfway through the dance-this delayed entrance ( which is unusual in rapper sword teams ) allows time for the Tommy to work through a repertoire of jokes, before the appearance of the Betty.
Mike Roark ( Tommy Lee Jones ), head of the city's Office of Emergency Management, insists on coming to work to help out with the crisis, even though he has taken vacation with his daughter Kelly ( Gaby Hoffmann ).
Godfrey has said that he always regarded The Enid's ironic takes on classical music as being just as anarchic as anything by the Sex Pistols, but this did not translate into either musical or commercial recognition, despite their work being played frequently by Tommy Vance on BBC Radio One's Friday Rock Show.
Although the charismatic performances by Candy Givens were originally the focal point for the band, it was the flashy guitar work of Tommy Bolin that the band is best remembered for.
Since Salieri also tries to help men of Italian blood in the onslaught of the Great Depression, he offers Tommy the ' chance ' to work for the Salieri organization.
Tommy refuses politely, preferring to remain poor but legitimate, and his thoughts are reinforced when he sees his pay package contains more money than he has ever seen before, and the very next day he is back to work as a taxi driver.
Hard up for employment prospects in the Depression years and grateful to Salieri for saving his life, Tommy accepts the offer to work for the Salieri family, mostly working as a getaway driver.

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