![]() ![]() ![]() N is a man and M is a woman –both English. ![]() Tommy’s assignment is simple: find two German agents, N and M, in Sans Souci a guest house on the South coast of England. Rumour has it that German invasion is in progress and the Fifth Column movement has drawn many supporters in the country. Hush-hush and all that, but not doesn’t sound thrilling. Punshon in The Guardian of 30 December 1941 ended with "Mrs Christie shows herself as ingenious as ever, and one admires especially the way in which the hero snores himself out of captivity." Tuppence Beresford looks gloomy as she sends off her husband Tommy to Scotland. 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 and the short story collection Partners in Crime. N or M? is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1941 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November of the same year. ![]()
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