By the Pricking of My Thumbs : A Tommy & Tuppence Mystery

by Christie, Agatha | Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Published 22/10/2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom
Hardback | 304 pages
204 x 135mm | 360g

An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace…

When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady.

But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about ‘something behind the fireplace’, Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic…