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Another case of the detective duo Tommy and Tuppence

Less than two years after their debut, Agatha Christie published the novel The Mysterious Affair, in which she expanded the gallery of unmistakable characters, enriching the genre of detective literature with an inseparable married couple – Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. It was 1922, and both heroes were approaching the age of the young author. She returned to their colorful stories with long breaks until 1973. In four novels and a collection of short stories, the thoughtful Tommy and the sharp and spirited Tuppence solve cases that are not only purely criminal in nature but also get entangled in the webs of intelligence services and international crime.

Christie published the novel The House by the Canal in 1968 at an advanced age, and both of her heroes had aged as well, having raised three children after their last wartime adventure in the novel N or M? and were slowly preparing for retirement. In the header of the book, she inscribed a dedication: '... to many readers at home and abroad who write to me and ask: 'What happened to Tommy and Tuppence? What are they doing now?'
Well, what would they be doing, the answer suggests, they are undoubtedly on the trail of a crime. Initially, however, nothing indicates this; Tommy and Tuppence live an uneventful life like similar couples in...