Title: N or M?Author: Agatha ChristieGenre: Mystery, EspionagePublication Year: 1941Review: Book #3 of the Tommy and Tuppence mystery series by Agatha Christie is a unique novel. For one thing, it works as a mystery novel, but it also works as an espionage story. Tommy and Tuppence are now middle-aged, empty-nesters that have grown children, veterans of the first World War, looking to participate in the second. Tommy has been recruited to go undercover as a widower to find traitorous Brits willi...

No ha estado mal, esta vez los protagonistas son este matrimonio Tommy y Tuppence ,que ya conocíamos de sus aventuras, sus libros están mas centrados a libros de espionaje y este libro no podía ser menos. La verdad es que esta vez han estado, al menos uno de ellos, en apuros y si que me pareció que algunas cosas estaban cogidas por los pelos...Valoración: 6/10Sinopsis: La trama se desarrolla tras el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tommy y Tuppence Beresford se aburren en su vida cotidian...

Not the typical Christie murder mystery, but instead, a World War II espionage thriller featuring the husband and wife team of Tommy and Tuppence.
Don't worry, there are still plenty of red herrings to throw you off the scent.

Best couple in the Christieverse.At least 50% of the time, I'm disappointed with the way Agatha wrote couples. The worst offenders for me were a woman who happily gave up her successful business to be married, and a woman who felt her heart flutter with love when her man proved how much he cared by trying to strangle her.However, in N or M Christie nailed it.Tommy's respect for Tuppence is pretty amazing in that he doesn't expect her to sit at home docilely, and he's quite proud to have her work...

I had a somewhat rocky start with T&T in THE SECRET ADVERSARY, but I was delighted to get on much better with them in this book. This book walks an interesting line between being a Christie thriller with definite Christie whodunnit vibes, and that balance really worked for me. I also think the fact that this is pretty short for a novel worked in its favor-- it didn't get bogged down in too much spy nonsense/hand-waveium, which I think was smart. Overall, a fascinating look into Christie's mi...

Agatha Christie created the characters Tommy and Tuppence,in an early book she wrote,The Secret Adversary.That was during World War I and her sleuths were then a young couple.The action of N or M takes place during World War II. Tommy and Tuppence are now a middle aged couple and find themselves sidelined.But despite their advancing years,when Tommy is offered an opportunity to go undercover to trace German spies,he doesn't hesitate.Not to be left behind,Tuppence follows him anyway.They'd end up...

2023 Re-ReadThis month’s Appointment with Agatha book and a very pleasant change from Poirot. I've had enough of him for a while, so I was glad to see Tommy and Tuppence in my reading queue. This is a rather ridiculous spy story but still fun if you don't take it too seriously. It's been five years since I last read it, during which I seem to have purged the pertinent details from my memory. I only recalled a few details: our main characters being frustrated at being kept out of significant war ...

পড়ার প্রায় পুরো সময়টা বেশ উপভোগ্যতার সাথে মনোযোগ ধরে রাখতে পারলেও বলতেই হচ্ছে শেষাবধি মন ভরাতে পারল না । আগাথা ক্রিস্টির টিপিক্যাল সুলেখনিতে বইয়ের শুরু থেকেই গতিময়তা ছিল, জমজমাট রহস্যের ঘনঘটা ছিল, পাশাপাশি আমার পড়া তাঁর প্রায় সব বইয়ের মতো কেন্দ্রীয় রহস্যটা খুনের না হয়ে গুপ্তচর-শিকার আর স্পাই বনাম স্পাইয়ের বুদ্ধির খেলা হওয়ায় ঘটনার পর্যায়ক্রমে অভিনবত্বও পেয়েছি... কিন্তু আর সবক্ষেত্রে যেমন গল্পের ক্লাইমেক্সে গিয়ে ক্রিস্টি তাঁর নিখুঁত বোনা সূক্ষ্ণ রহস্যের জাল সুনিপূণ হাতে ধাপে ধাপে প...

To be honest, this book didn't feel so good at the very beginning. But, as the things went ahead, I kept on guessing. Even with obvious fact my belief dangled, and I couldn't be sure of the decisions I made about the antagonist. And by the end I truly loved this story. Its everything you want from a Christie story. There is misdirection, suspense and proper explanation of the facts.Normally I try to be critical about mystery novels, but I have absolutely no complain about this one. So, a full ra...