The House of Lurking Death

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Summary

Genre: Detective

Format: Short Story

Recurring Characters: Tommy, Tuppence

Synopsis

Young Lois Hargreaves, has recently inherited a fortune. When she receives a box of poisoned chocolates she calls on Tommy and Tuppence to help her. As it turns out, it’s not the chocolates that are deadly...

For this case the Beresfords adopt the methods of Inspector Gabriel Hanaud, the great detective of the French Surete. Hanaud, who first appeared in a book in 1910, is the creation of Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (1865-1948). Hanaud’s style tends toward straightforward police detection. Tuppence’s role is to be his sidekick. In Mason’s novels the sidekick is Ricardo who is characteristically left in the dark until the last moment as to the solution of a case. This short story appeared in Partners in Crime published in 1929.

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