WhilediningoutinLondononeevening,HerculePoirotnoticesayoungwoman,JacquelinedeBellefort,dininganddancingwithherfiancé,SimonDoyle.PoirotalsonoticesthatJackie(anicknamegiventoherandusedbyintimates;shortforJacqueline)isverymuchsmittenandisinlovewithSimon.Thenextday,JacquelinetakesSimontomeetherbestfriend,wealthyyoungheiressLinnetRidgeway,inthehopesthatLinnetwillofferSimonajob.Threemonthslater,SimonhasbrokenoffhisengagementtoJacquelineandmarriedLinnet.
Middle-agedTommyandTuppenceBeresford,toooldtofightandtooyoungtoknit,aredismayedtofindoutthattheBritishgovernmentofWorldWarIIhaslittleinterestintheirdetectingandspy-catchingabilities.Then,almostincidentally,theyareaskedtospotatraitor,believedtobelivingataruralguesthouse.Buttheplaceisfullofharmlesseccentrics:elderlyladies,retiredmilitarymen,ahypochondriacandhiscolorlesswife,ayoungmother,andaGermanrefugee.TheBeresfordsinventpersonalitiesandelaboratetraps,identifytheimposter,andpreventaninvasion.ThestrengthsofthisChristie"cozy"aretheexuberantcharm,intelligence,andenthusiasmsofthecentralcharacters.Middle-agedtheymaybe,butinsideTommyandTuppencearestillthesameyoungadventurerswhochasedcriminalsandspiesinpost-GreatWarLondon.JamesWarwickdoesahighlycompetent,nicelyunobtrusivejobofreadingthistitle,whichislikelytobepopularwithfansofgoldenagemysteries.Recommendedformoderatetolargepubliclibraries.I.Pour-El,DesMoinesAreaCommunityColl.,Boone,IA Copyright2002ReedBusinessInformation,Inc.--ThistextreferstotheAudioCassetteedition……
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