Tommy and Tuppence are childhood friends Thomas (Tommy) Beresford and Prudence (Tuppence) Cowley and discharged soldiers from World War I who open a detective business called Young Adventurers Ltd. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1922/01/00 | "The Secret Adversary" is published by John Lane (The Bodley Head). | Private Detectives | The Secret Adversary (book) | ||||
| 1923/00/00 | Agatha Christie writes her first Tommy and Tuppence short story, "The First Wish". | Private Detectives | The First Wish (short story) | ||||
| 1924/09/24 | "Publicity" by Agatha Christie, published in 'The Sketch' issue 1652. | Private Detectives | Publicity (short story) | ||||
| 1924/10/01 | Agatha Christie's "The Affair of the Pink Pearl" is published in issue 1653 of The Sketch. It will later be included in her book "Partners in Crime". | Private Detectives | The Affair of the Pink Pearl (short story) | ||||
| 1924/10/08 | "Finessing the King" by Agatha Christie is published in issue 1654 of The Sketch. This is the basis for chapters 7 and 8 of "Partners in Crime": "Finessing the King" and "The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper". | Private Detectives | Finessing the King and The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper (short story) | ||||
| 1924/10/15 | "The Case of the Missing Lady" is published in issue 1655 of The Sketch. This is the basis for chapter 9 of "Partners in Crime". | Private Detectives | The Case of the Missing Lady (short story) | ||||
| 1924/10/22 | "The Case of the Sinister Stranger", published in The Sketch, issue 1656, will later be included in 'Partners in Crime' as "The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger". | Private Detectives | The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger (short story) | ||||
| 1924/10/29 | "The Sunninghall Mystery" is published in issue 1657 of 'The Sketch'. This story is the basis for chapters 15 and 16 of the book, Partners in Crime, as "The Sunningdale Mystery". | Private Detectives | The Sunningdale Mystery (short story) | ||||
| 1924/11/05 | "The House of Lurking Death" is published in issue 1658 of 'The Sketch'. This is the basis for chapters 17 and 18 in "Partners in Crime". | Private Detectives | The House of Lurking Death (short story) | ||||
| 1924/11/12 | "The Ambassador's Boots" is published in 'The Sketch' as "The Matter of the Ambassador's Boots". This is the basis for chapter 22 in "Partners in Crime". | Private Detectives | The Ambassador's Boots (short story) | ||||
| 1924/11/19 | "The Crackler" is published as "The Affair of the Forged Notes" in issue 1660 of The Sketch. This is the basis for chapters 13 and 14 of "Partners in Crime" as "The Crackler". | Private Detectives | The Crackler (short story) | ||||
| 1924/11/26 | "Blindman's Buff" is published in issue 1661 of The Sketch. This is the basis for chapter 10 of the book. | Private Detectives | Blindman's Buff (short story) | ||||
| 1924/12/03 | "The Man in the Mist", chapters 11 and 12 in "Partners in Crime", appears in issue 1662 of 'The Sketch'. | Private Detectives | The Man in the Mist (short story) | ||||
| 1924/12/10 | Chapter 23 in "Partners in Crime", "The Man Who Was No 16" is published in issue 1663 of 'The Sketch'. | Private Detectives | The Man Who Was No 16 (short story) | ||||
| 1928/12/00 | "The Unbreakable Alibi" is published in Holly Leaves, the annual Christmas special of the 'Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'. This is the basis for chapter 19 of "Partners in Crime". | Private Detectives | The Unbreakable Alibi (short story) | ||||
| 1929/00/00 | "Partners in Crime" by Agatha Christie is published in the united State through Dodd, Mead and Company. | Private Detectives | Partners in Crime | ||||
| 1941/00/00 | "N or M?" is published. | Private Detectives | N or M? | ||||
| 1953/04/13 | 'Partners in Crime' begins a 13 part serial on the radio as "Meet the Beresfords". The half-hour episodes which will air until 13 July 1953, feature real life husband and wife Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim as Tommy and Tuppence. | Private Detectives | Partners in Crime | ||||
| 1968/00/00 | "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" is published. | Private Detectives | By the Pricking of My Thumbs | ||||
| 1973/10/00 | Last novel written by Agatha Christie, "Postern of Fate", is published. | Private Detectives | Postern of Fate |
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