# Partners in Crime — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie.

- [A Fairy in the Flat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i-a-fairy-in-the-flat.md): Tuppence Beresford, now married to Tommy, expresses her discontent with their comfortable but dull life, yearning for excitement and adventure. Tommy dismisses her romantic fantasies, but their conversation is interrupte
- [A Pot of Tea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii-a-pot-of-tea.md): The Beresfords settle into their new offices of the International Detective Agency, but after a week they are disheartened by the lack of interesting cases, receiving only divorce inquiries. Tuppence, bored and eager for
- [III: The Affair of the Pink Pearl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/iii-the-affair-of-the-pink-pearl.md): Tommy and Tuppence, running the International Detective Agency, take on their first case: the disappearance of a valuable pink pearl belonging to a guest at the Kingston Bruce household. The client, Beatrice Kingston Bru
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md): Tommy and Tuppence, now running the International Detective Agency under the alias of Blunt's Brilliant Detectives, prepare for clients by studying detective stories and adopting Sherlock Holmes-style props. Their first 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md): Tuppence and Tommy solve the case of the missing pink pearl, revealing that the maid Elise is the thief. Tommy uses clever detective work to identify her through fingerprints and a hidden compartment in a cake of soap. M

> 23 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=partners_in_crime_se_521kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/iv-the-adventure-of-the-sinister-stranger.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Finessing the King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/v-finessing-the-king.md)
- [VI: The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/vi-the-gentleman-dressed-in-newspaper.md)
- [VII: The Case of the Missing Lady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/vii-the-case-of-the-missing-lady.md)
- [VIII: Blindman’s Buff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/viii-blindman-s-buff.md)
- [The Man in the Mist](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ix-the-man-in-the-mist.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The Sunningdale Mystery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xi-the-sunningdale-mystery.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [The House of Lurking Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xii-the-house-of-lurking-death.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [XIII: The Unbreakable Alibi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xiii-the-unbreakable-alibi.md)
- [XIV: The Clergyman’s Daughter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xiv-the-clergyman-s-daughter.md)
- [XV: The Red House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xv-the-red-house.md)
- [The Ambassador's Boots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xvi-the-ambassador-s-boots.md)
- [The Man Who Was No. 16](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/partners_in_crime_se/chapters/xvii-the-man-who-was-no-16.md)

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