Although not in the original novel Geraldine McEwan appears as Miss Marple in ITV's 2006 episode. Tommy is now over seventy, and Tuppence is sixty-six. Unlike Christie's other recurring characters, the detectives have aged in accordance with time.

The novel marks the return of Tommy and Tuppence after nearly three decades of silence. By the Pricking of My Thumbs (The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) Hardcover Octoby Agatha Christie (Author) 1,417 ratings Book 4 of 5: Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 24.95 19 Used from 4.43 6 New from 24.95 1 Collectible from 50. 4 Setting: England, 1960s Thumbs’ plot starts slowly, and indeed it moves slowly most of the way but little to the novel’s detriment. Her incessant reference to 'something behind the fireplace' and a 'poor child' seems at first the incoherent ramblings of an elderly woman, though when Aunt Ada sadly passes away, a painting left to Tommy in her will leads the duo on a dangerous adventure where they finally discover exactly what Mrs Lancaster was talking about.Published in 1968, the title is taken from a line in Shakespeare's Macbeth. By the Pricking of My Thumbs(1968) Author:Agatha Christie Genre:Mystery Series: Tommy & Tuppence No. 'By the pricking of my thumbs,Something wicked this way comes.'William Shakespeare – Macbeth (Act IV, Scene 1)When visiting Tommy's Aunt Ada in her nursing home, Tuppence encounters some odd residents, Mrs Lancaster, being the strangest of them all.

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