touchstone the clown said by the pricking of my thumbs.
touchstone the clown said by the pricking of my thumbs.
who says by the pricking of my thumbs?
touchstone the clown
the title of the book comes from act 4, scene 1 of william shakespeare's "macbeth", when the second witch says:









































by the pricking of my thumbs,brsomething wicked this way comes.









































section::::synopsis.









































the novel is divided into four books.









































in book 1 tommy and tuppence beresford visit tommy’s aunt ada in a retirement home called sunny ridge. while tommy talks with his aunt, tuppence has a conversation with another resident, mrs lancaster, who unexpectedly says 'was it your poor child? there behind the fireplace.'
by the pricking of my thumbs
by the pricking of my thumbs









































by the pricking of my thumbs is a work of detective fiction by agatha christie and first published in the uk by the collins crime club in november 1968 and in the us by dodd, mead and company later in the same year. the uk edition retailed at twenty-one shillings (21/-) and the us edition at $4.95. it features her detectives tommy and tuppence beresford.









































tommy and tuppence are elderly in this work (they aged from novel to novel).
by the pricking of my thumbs