Now under their guises of Mr Meadows and Mrs Blenkensop, they must investigate all the staff and residents of the Sans Souci, any of whom could be taking secrets from the British and sharing them with the Nazis. Upon arrival, he meets the various residents which include the ditzy young mother Mrs Sprot, fearsome Irishwoman Mrs O’Roarke, German refugee Carl von Deinim, blustering old soldier Major Bletchley and Tuppence Beresford.Īs it turns out, little gets past her – she heard of the plans and beat Tommy down here to join in the search. Ashamed of having to hide the truth from Tuppence, he nonetheless heads off to the hotel Sans Souci to do his sleuthing. Once Tuppence leaves, however, Grant changes this offer – Tommy is to go undercover in the search of Fifth Columnists on the south coast. The war effort doesn’t want them, and they need something to do.Īnd then a Mr Grant turns up and offers Tommy a job in Scotland, involving some top secret paperwork. It’s 1940, war is upon us, and with two grown up children and middle age descending unwelcomingly over their lives, the pair are once again bored. As it is, the world has now changed greatly, and so have our heroes. They turned up again a little later, now married. When we first met them, they were in their twenties and simply old friends. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are unique in the Christie canon as they are the only protagonists she has that age in time with the real world. “Tommy Beresford removed his overcoat in the hall of the flat.”
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