He is mentioned in the second Poirot novel, The Murder on the Links. We meet him in Christie’s first published novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. In one novel Poirot takes Japp to a French restaurant in London. He is an acquaintance of, and sometimes a foil to, Hercule Poirot. Inspector Japp of Scotland Yard appears in many of Christie’s early novels. Click here for full review (spoilers ahead) Trivia Inspector Japp They make a pretty pair … Pace and stamina’. Carter says of Tuppence, contrasting her with Tommy: Prudence has ‘no claim to beauty….but charm in the elfin lines of her little face, with wide apart grey eyes’. Tommy Beresford is described as ‘pleasantly ugly’ yet ‘unmistakably a gentleman and sportsman’. There are a few, fair clues, which is unusual in a thriller, too. Tommy and Tuppence clearly enjoy each other’s company, so there is the frisson of romance in the air. There is a breathless pace, with much rushing around the United Kingdom, dealing with gangsters, guns, Russian Bolsheviks and American millionaires to add colourful characters.
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