Goodreads asked Erica-Lynn Huberty:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Erica-Lynn Huberty There are so many wonderful, complex couples and partnerships in fiction who remain indelible in my mind (Austen's Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars, or even Papa and his boy in The Road are but two), but probably the most lasting impression made by a fictional couple is Agatha Christie's Tuppence and Tommy Beresford. By the Pricking of My Thumbs was the first Christie I ever read, at about age 11, and I've read it several times since. The partnership, wit, and mutual respect the Beresfords have with and for each other, combined with savvy sleuthing, helps propel their stories and leaves the reader feeling that a couple can and should be like Tuppence and Tommy. In short, they are much like Hammett's Nick and Nora Charles, minus all the booze!

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