Let’s go through the adventures one by one.įinessing the King + The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper They do face a few disappointments, but with some courage, ingenuity and a fair bit of luck they do really well as “brilliant detectives”. It is impossible not to fall in love with these young fools with a knack and doggedness to pursue the criminals with the recklessness that comes out of not only bravery but innocence and naivety. They create a library in the office which is full of popular detective fiction of those days and during each adventure they fashion themselves as one of the famous sleuths including our dear Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and others. Tommy and Tuppence take to the idea enthusiastically and rope Albert (the young lad who was so fond of detective stories and who helped Tuppence in “ The Secret Adversary“) in to play the office boy. The perk here is that they are allowed to run the agency in whatever way they fancy. Theodore Blunt and his confidential secretary Miss Robinson – and continue to intercept enemy messages coming through. Tommy and Tuppence are to replicate the original owners – Mr. Carter brings to our young daredevils is to take over a detective agency – “ Blunt’s Brilliant Detectives” – which until recently was used as a spy center by the Russians.
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