Which author created the fictional Detectives Tommy and Tuppence?
"Postern of Fate Postern of Fate is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie that was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1973 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at £2.00 and the US edition at $6.95. The book features her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford and is the detectives' last appearance. It is the last novel Christie wrote, but not the last to be published as it was followed by two previously unpublished novels from the 1940s. It is one"
"of the Granada television series ""Marple"" even though Christie did not write Miss Marple into the original story. In this version, Tommy and Tuppence were played by Anthony Andrews and Greta Scacchi respectively, but, unlike in the book, Miss Marple and Tuppence play the detective roles while Tommy is away on intelligence (MI6) business. BBC television began broadcasting two adaptations, comprising six episodes in 2015. Set in the 1950s and titled ""Partners in Crime"", it starred David Walliams as Tommy and Jessica Raine as Tuppence. Tommy and Tuppence Tommy and Tuppence are two fictional detectives, recurring characters in the work"
"Tommy and Tuppence anthology, ""Partners in Crime"". We find Tommy and Tuppence modeling their detective skills after Ostrander's characters, McCarty and Riordan. Isabel Ostrander Isabel Egenton Ostrander (1883–1924) was a mystery writer of the early twentieth century who used, besides her own name, the pseudonyms Robert Orr Chipperfield, David Fox, and Douglas Grant. Christopher B. Booth is sometimes (falsely) credited as a pseudonym of hers. She was born in New York City to Thomas E Ostrander and Harriet Elizabeth Bradbrook. Her Ostrander pedigree goes back to seventeenth century Kingston, New York. In the discussions of which writer invented the blind"
"commissioned by Ben Stephenson and Charlotte Moore for the BBC to mark the 125th anniversary of Agatha Christie's birth. The adaptation was produced by Endor Productions in partnership with Agatha Christie Productions. David Walliams and Hilary Strong (Agatha Christie Group) approached Hilary Bevan Jones and Tom Nash (development producer) of Endor Productions with the idea of re-inventing the Agatha Christie characters Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. Walliams liked the idea of a married amateur detective duo bickering over a dead body. Agatha Christie wrote stories featuring the Beresfords between 1922 and 1973, depicting Tommy and Tuppence from before they were married"
"of two amateur detectives – Tommy, a remarkable young man of thirty-two, and his equally remarkable wife, Tuppence – who follow the methods of famous detective heroes, such as Sherlock Holmes, Inspector French, Roger Sherringham, Bulldog Drummond, Father Brown and even Monsieur Poirot himself. Problem after problem comes before them for solution, and the account of their endeavours to live up to their slogan, 'Blunt's Brilliant Detectives! Any case solved in twenty-four hours!' makes delicious reading. The blurb was incorrect in that ""Sapper's"" Bulldog Drummond stories were not parodied, although the character and the situations that he encountered were briefly"
"the stars were Barbara Bel Geddes as Tuppence and Lee Bowman as Tommy but other sources state that the stars were Ronald Reagan and Cloris Leachman The adaptation was written and directed by Marc Daniels. In 1983, a television adaptation in ten episodes was made by London Weekend Television with James Warwick as Tommy, Francesca Annis as Tuppence, and Reece Dinsdale as Albert. It was first broadcast in the UK between 16 October 1983 and 14 January 1984. In 2015, BBC television adapted “The Secret Adversary"" and ""N or M?"" as two, three part stories starring David Walliams and Jessica"
"other Tommy and Tuppence books as well as cultural references. We learn that Tuppence and Tommy's twin daughter Deborah is now mother of twins herself, that the adopted daughter Betty lives in Kenya and that the wife of Albert, the loyal valet, has recently died. Mr Robinson, the ""yellow, big man"" from ""Passenger to Frankfurt"" appears here, as do Colonel Pikeaway and Horsham, the latter posing undercover as a gardener. Postern of Fate Postern of Fate is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie that was first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1973"
"June Thomson June Thomson (also known as June Valerie Thomson), (born 1930, in Rettendon, Essex, United Kingdom) is a detective novelist. A former teacher, Thomson was educated at Chelmsford High School and Bedford College University of London. She is the creator of the ""Chief Inspector Jack Finch"" (""Inspector Rudd"" in American editions) and ""Sergeant Tom Boyce"" series of novels. Since 1990 she has also written a series of Sherlock Holmes pastiche collections of short stories. Her works have been translated into many languages. June Thomson previously lived in St. Albans in Hertfordshire and now lives in Rugby. She is the"
"mother of the philosophy writer Garrett Thomson. Her younger son is Paul Thomson. June Thomson June Thomson (also known as June Valerie Thomson), (born 1930, in Rettendon, Essex, United Kingdom) is a detective novelist. A former teacher, Thomson was educated at Chelmsford High School and Bedford College University of London. She is the creator of the ""Chief Inspector Jack Finch"" (""Inspector Rudd"" in American editions) and ""Sergeant Tom Boyce"" series of novels. Since 1990 she has also written a series of Sherlock Holmes pastiche collections of short stories. Her works have been translated into many languages. June Thomson previously lived"
"accident of typography that ""nomina"" came to be represented by ""m"". The novel is the first to feature the mature versions of her detectives Tommy and Tuppence, whose previous appearances had been in the adventure ""The Secret Adversary"" (1922) and the short story collection ""Partners in Crime"" (1929). After the outbreak of the Second World War and many years after they worked for British intelligence, middleaged Tommy and Tuppence Beresford feel useless and sidelined. Then Tommy is approached by a secret agent named Grant to go undercover once more. Grant tries to find German spies and fifth columnists but is"
"Tom Sawyer, Detective Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to ""The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"" (1876), ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"" (1884), and ""Tom Sawyer Abroad"" (1894). Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time. Like ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"", the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn. In 1909, Danish schoolmaster Valdemar Thoresen claimed, in an article in the magazine ""Maaneds"", that the plot of the book had been plagiarized from Steen Blicher's story ""The Vicar"
"this first book ""The Secret Adversary"" that they meet up after the war, and come to realise that, although they have been friends for most of their lives, they have now fallen in love with each other. Unlike many other recurring detective characters, including the better known Christie detectives, Tommy and Tuppence aged in time with the real world, being in their early twenties in ""The Secret Adversary"" and in their seventies in ""Postern of Fate"". In their early appearances, they are portrayed as typical young people of the 1920s, and the stories and settings have a more pronounced period-specific"
"Thomson and Thompson Thomson and Thompson ( ) are fictional characters in ""The Adventures of Tintin"", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the series. While their different (albeit similar) surnames would suggest they are unrelated, they look like identical twins whose only discernible difference is the shape of their moustaches. They are afflicted with chronic spoonerisms, are extremely clumsy, thoroughly clueless, and usually bent on arresting the wrong character. In spite of this, they somehow get entrusted with delicate missions. The detective with the flat, droopy"
"of only four Christie novels to have not received an adaptation of any kind, the others being ""Death Comes as the End"", ""Destination Unknown"" and ""Passenger to Frankfurt"". The title comes from the poem ""Gates of Damascus"" by James Elroy Flecker. The poem is also referenced in the short story ""The Gate of Baghdad"" in the 1934 collection ""Parker Pyne Investigates"". Now in their seventies (though the author never states their age clearly), Tommy and Tuppence move to a quiet English village, looking forward to a peaceful retirement. But, as they soon discover, their rambling old house holds secrets. Who"
"of ""Case Files"" starts much later in their lives and revisits one of their old nemesis. Sam and Twitch Sam Burke and Maximilian ""Twitch"" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series ""Spawn"". Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called ""Sam and Twitch"". In their self-titled series, the duo were the protagonists in a dark and gritty New York City. The fictional universe of ""Sam and Twitch"" is somewhat different from average comics in which costumed heroes are not"
"review in 1990 commented that ""the parodies are not sharp enough for this to matter very much"" to present enjoyment of the stories. It also noted that the plot of one story, ""The House of Lurking Death"", ""anticipates"" a detective novel published in 1930 by Dorothy Sayers. The Beresfords' old friend Mr Carter, from a government intelligence agency, arrives bearing a proposition for the adventurous duo. They are to take over 'the International Detective Agency', a recently cleaned-out spy stronghold, and pose as the owners so as to intercept any enemy messages coming through. In the meantime Tommy and Tuppence"
"changes in it from the novel: In addition to these changes, Miss Marple is seen reading Dashiel Hammett's ""Woman in the Dark and Other Stories"", providing an inter-textual detail that suggests some of Miss Marple's detective insights come from her reading of classic murder fiction as well as her shrewd understanding of human nature. ""Le crime est notre affaire"" is a French film directed by Pascal Thomas, released in 2008. Named after the book ""Partners in Crime"", and, like the book, starring Tommy and Tuppence as the detective characters, the film is in fact an adaptation of ""4.50 From Paddington""."
"Sam and Twitch Sam Burke and Maximilian ""Twitch"" Williams are two fictional NYPD homicide detectives, created by Todd McFarlane. Sam and Twitch were originally featured in McFarlane's hit comic series ""Spawn"". Due to their popularity, they were later given their own title in 1999, called ""Sam and Twitch"". In their self-titled series, the duo were the protagonists in a dark and gritty New York City. The fictional universe of ""Sam and Twitch"" is somewhat different from average comics in which costumed heroes are not the norm. Detective Sam Burke is often seen as the brawn of the group. Sam is"
"through to their old age with adult children. It was decided to set the series in the 1950s, in the context of the Cold War, which could be made to fit Christie's existing stories. The two novels chosen, ""The Secret Adversary"" and ""N or M?"", were each made into three one-hour episodes, for a total of six. Although Acorn divided the programme into two series for broadcast, the DVD and Blu-ray issues include all 6 episodes in one box. David Walliams, the main driving force and executive producer, plays Tommy. Jessica Raine plays Tuppence, and was cast for her ability"
"Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon (Tommy Hambledon) is the fictional protagonist of many spy novels written by the British author ""Manning Coles"" (actually the two-person writing team of Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles) from 1940 through 1963. He works for a department of the Foreign Office, usually referred to in the novels as ""MI5"" (counter-intelligence), although in the earliest books he is clearly working for the active overseas department MI6, the British equivalent of the OSS/CIA. Tommy was a teacher in a British boarding school in his first appearance in ""Drink to Yesterday"" and, during school"
"and his wife, Pearl (née Pai Chu), own a home in Lolo, Montana. The couple have four children, including Alafair Burke, a law professor and best-selling crime writer. James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ""Black Cherry Blues"" (1990) and ""Cimarron Rose"" (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen, first by Alec Baldwin (""Heaven's Prisoners"") and then Tommy Lee"
"too easily. By having two detectives who are usually alternately successful she has always a foil, less obtuse than 'my dear Watson'. The ""Daily Express"" issue of 10 October 1929 gave the book a review of a couple of lines which concluded that the stories were ""not quite up to her level, although they are entertaining enough"". Robert Barnard described this as: ""Tommy and Tuppence in a series of short stories which parody detective writers and their methods. Many of these are long forgotten, but the parodies are not sharp enough for this to matter very much. ""The House of"
"that it creaks more than it rattles, lumbering ponderously from one laboured scene to another"". Partners in Crime (UK TV series) Partners in Crime is a British drama television series that began on BBC One on 26 July 2015. The six-part series is an adaptation of two Tommy and Tuppence detective novels by Agatha Christie. The first three episodes are an adaptation of the 1922 novel ""The Secret Adversary"", written by Zinnie Harris, and the last three episodes are of the 1941 novel ""N or M?"", by Claire Wilson. The series was not renewed for a second series by the"
"William G. Tapply William G. Tapply (July 16, 1940 – July 28, 2009) was an American writer who published over 40 works. He is best known for his legal mystery series featuring lawyer and detective Brady Coyne, and he also wrote about one of his favorite pastimes, fishing. Tapply was born, raised, and lived in New England. He was a high school teacher and a college professor. He is survived by his wife, mystery writer Vicki Stiefel, and five children. Tapply was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, and raised in Lexington by his father, H.G. Tapply, and his mother, Muriel. Tapply's"
"M or both are at the hotel and to figure out their identities. Tommy is sent alone, however, Tuppence decides to join him on his mission whether invited or not. Through good sleuthing she learns where he is to be sent and actually arrives there before him. Working together, they begin a search for the master spies. Both N and M's identities are revealed at the end of the book; ""N"" is a top German spy—who is shot by British intelligence at the book's conclusion as he threatens Tuppence's life—and ""M"" is his female co-conspirator. Maurice Willson Disher's review in"
"Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers, and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects, and video games. He was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees. Clancy's literary career began in 1984 when he sold ""The Hunt"
"Thompson, Detectives""), Hergé provided the illustrations, and the story was authored by ' crime writer Paul Kinnet. While this was being serialised, Hergé began contemplating ideas for his new ""Tintin"" adventure, toying with the idea of a story surrounding a dangerous invention that Calculus had developed. The story was probably inspired by an article authored by ' science correspondent, Bernard Heuvelmans, and while Hergé did not use this idea at the time, he revived it a decade later as the basis for ""The Calculus Affair"". As with Hergé's two previous stories, ""The Secret of the Unicorn"" and ""Red Rackham's Treasure"","
"films were released on DVD. Paul Temple Paul Temple is a fictional character, created by English writer Francis Durbridge (1912–1998). Temple is a professional author of crime fiction and an amateur private detective. Together with his journalist wife Louise, affectionately known as ""Steve"" from her pen name 'Steve Trent', he solves whodunnit crimes through subtle, humorously articulated deduction. Always the gentleman, the strongest oath he ever utters is """"by Timothy"""". Created for the BBC radio serial ""Send for Paul Temple"" in 1938, the Temples featured in more than 30 BBC radio dramas, twelve , four British feature films, a dozen"
"McEwan even though Christie did not write Marple into the original story. The plot was altered with Tommy away on military intelligence business abroad, and Tommy's part of the story was re-written for Miss Marple. Tommy was portrayed as a self-important strong male, while Tuppence was portrayed as a maudlin alcoholic who carried a hip flask and who was resentful of her husband's success; she too was going to be signed-up by MI6 but had then not been able to fulfill this ambition as she was pregnant with their first child. Tommy and Tuppence were played by Anthony Andrews and"
"Arthur Upfield Arthur William Upfield (1 September 1890 – 12 February 1964) was an English/Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring Detective Inspector Napoleon ""Bony"" Bonaparte of the Queensland Police Force, a half-caste Aborigine. His books were the basis for an 1970s Australian television series entitled ""Boney"", as well as a 1990 telemovie and a 1992 spin-off TV series. Born in England, Upfield moved to Australia in 1911 and fought with the Australian military during the First World War. Following his war service, he travelled extensively throughout Australia, obtaining a knowledge of Australian Aboriginal culture that"
"Adversary"" was adapted into a teleplay and broadcast in 1983 by London Weekend Television as part of that television network's ""Partners in Crime"" series. Another story, the short story ""The Sunningdale Mystery"" from the ""Partners in Crime"" series, opens with Tommy and his partner Tuppence eating in an A.B.C. shop having a cheese cake. In a poem composed in 1917 and first published in 1919, T.S. Eliot asks, ""Where are the eagles and the trumpets?"" His answer: Buried beneath some snow-deep Alps. <br>Over buttered scones and crumpets <br>Weeping, weeping multitudes <br>Droop in a hundred A.B.C.’s. The story is set in"
"to the Upfield books nor the Fauna series. Record producer Frank Farian named the 1970s disco band Boney M. after the character. Boney (TV series) Boney is an Australian television series produced by Fauna Productions during 1971 and 1972, featuring James Laurenson in the title role of Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. Two series, each of thirteen episodes were filmed. The series is centred on Bonaparte, a half-Australian Aboriginal character, created by Arthur Upfield, who wrote twenty nine Bony novels between 1929 and 1964. Australian TV audiences were introduced to Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte in 1972. ""Boney"" (spelled ""Bony"" in the"
"invented by Agatha Christie. Anderson also wrote novelizations based on the television series ""Murder, She Wrote"". Inspector Wilkins books Novelizations based on ""Murder, She Wrote"" Mikael Petros books Other works James Anderson (author) James Anderson (1936–2007) was a British author. He is best known for his books featuring Inspector Wilkins. Set in the 1930s, the action of the books takes place in a large fictional British estate, or stately home, belonging to George Henry Aylvin Saunders, the 12th Earl of Burford. The books are a humorous look at the Golden Age type of mystery, which feature whodunnits set during a"