N or M? by Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser (1941)

N or M? by Agatha Christie, read by Hugh Fraser (1941)

The title is taken from a catechism in the Book of Common Prayer which asks, "What is your Christian name? Answer N. or M.

The "N. or M." here stands for the Latin, "nomen vel nomina", meaning "name or names".

It is an accident of typography that "nomina" came to be represented by "m".

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After the outbreak of the Second World War and many years after they worked for British intelligence, middle-aged Tommy and Tuppence Beresford feel useless and sidelined.

Then, Tommy is approached by a secret agent named Grant to go undercover once more.

Grant tries to find German spies and fifth columnists but is hampered by traitors within British intelligence who follow and sabotage his work.

Since Tommy has not been in the field for many years, nobody knows him, and he can investigate unofficially...

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