Tommy and Tuppence Tommy and Tuppence Tommy and Tuppence are two fictional detectives, recurring characters in the work of Agatha Christie. Their full names are Thomas Beresford and his wife Prudence (née Cowley). The first time Tommy and Tuppence appeared in a Christie novel was in "The Secret Adversary" (1922). They started out their career in a search of adventure and money, and the detecting life soon proved profitable and very exciting. Tommy and Tuppence appear together in four full-length novels and one collection of short stories The collection of short stories is "Partners in Crime", (1929, each story referencing another writer's work);
Tuppence Middleton "Dickensian" (2015–16), playing Miss Havisham, and "War & Peace" (2016), in which she played Russian princess and villain Hélène Kuragina, and has been cast in the upcoming film adaptation "Downton Abbey". In 2010, she was nominated for the "London Evening Standard" Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer. Tuppence Middleton was born on 21 February 1987 in Bristol, England, to Nigel and Tina Middleton. She was named "Tuppence" after the childhood nickname her grandmother gave to her mother. She was raised in Clevedon, Somerset, with older sister Angel and younger brother Josh (now frontman of heavy metal band Sylosis, and lead