The Secret Adversary introduces Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley, two young friends who form Young Adventurers Ltd. and advertise themselves as ‘willing to do anything. Go anywhere…no reasonable offer refused.’ They were the characters Christie most enjoyed. Includes a detailed biographical note and a brief history of the Lusitania.
Table of Content
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1. The Young Adventurers, Ltd.
Chapter 2. Mr. Whittington’s Offer
Chapter 3. A Set Back
Chapter 4. Who Is Jane Finn?
Chapter 5. Mr. Julius P. Hersheimmer
Chapter 6. A Plan of Campaign
Chapter 7. The House in Soho
Chapter 8. The Adventures of Tommy
Chapter 9. Tuppence Enters Domestic Service
Chapter 10. Enter Sir James Peel Edgerton
Chapter 11. Julius Tells a Story
Chapter 12. A Friend in Need
Chapter 13. The Vigil
Chapter 14. A Consultation
Chapter 15. Tuppence Receives a Proposal
Chapter 16. Further Adventures of Tommy
Chapter 17. Annette
Chapter 18. The Telegram
Chapter 19. Jane Finn
Chapter 20. Too Late
Chapter 21. Tommy Makes a Discovery
Chapter 22. In Downing Street
Chapter 23. A Race Against Time
Chapter 24. Julius Takes a Hand
Chapter 25. Jane’s Story
Chapter 26. Mr. Brown
Chapter 27. A Supper Party at the Savoy
Chapter 28. And After
The Lusitania
Agatha Christie
About the author
Agatha Christie is the world’s best-selling mystery writer. She wrote eighty crime novels and short story collections, nineteen plays, and several poetry collections. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in the English language and another billion in a hundred other languages.
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