1662 of The Sketch on 3 December 1924. This formed the basis for chapters 11 and 12 of the book which uses the same chapter title. The Man who was Number Sixteen: First published in issue 1663 of The Sketch on 10 December 1924. This formed the basis for chapter 23 of the book which uses the same chapter title and was also the final story Christie ever wrote for The Sketch. After a gap of four years a final story, The Unbreakable Alibi, appeared in Holly Leaves, the annual Christmas special of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News in December 1928. This formed the basis for chapter 19 of the book. Book dedication As with most of Christie's short story collections, this book carried no dedication. Dustjacket blurb The blurb of the first UK edition (which is carried on both the back of the dustjacket and opposite the title page) reads: This delightfully witty book will come as a pleasant surprise to all admirers of these ingenious detective thrillers for which Agatha Christie is famous. It tells the story of the amazing adventures of two amateur detectives – Tommy, a remarkable young man of thirty-two, and his equally remarkable wife, Tuppence – who follow the methods of famous detective heroes, such as Sherlock Holmes, Inspector French, Roger Sherringham, Bulldog Drummond, Father Brown and even Monsieur Poirot himself. Problem after problem comes before them for solution, and the account of their endeavours to live up to their slogan, 'Blunt's Brilliant Detectives! Any case solved in twenty-four hours!' makes delicious reading. The blurb was incorrect in that "Sapper's" Bulldog Drummond stories were not parodied, although the character and the situations that he encountered were briefly mentioned in The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger. International titles Bulgarian: Съдружници срещу престъпението /Sadruzhnitzi sreshtu prestaplenieto/ (Partners in Crime) Czech: 'Zločiny pro dva' (Crimes for two) Dutch: Deelgenoten in de misdaad (Partners in Crime) German: Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box) Der Besuch der Fee/Eine Tasse Tee (The Visit of the Fairy/A Pot of Tea) Die rosa Perle (The Pink Pearl) Der geheimnisvolle Unbekannte (The mysterious Stranger) Der Herr in Zeitungspapier (The Gentleman in Newspaper) Die verschwundene Dame (The disappeared Lady) Blinde Kuh (Blindman's Buff) Der Mann im Nebel (The Man in the Mist) Der Raschler (The Rustler) Das Rätsel von Sunningdale (The Mystery of Sunningdale) Das Haus des Todes (The House of Death) Ein