The Secret Adversary (eBook)

A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery

Agatha Christie (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
240 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82074-3 (ISBN)

Infos

A pair of childhood friends cross paths after the Great War and set themselves up as "two young adventurers for hire." Their thrilling escapades mark the debut of Christie's popular sleuthing duo.

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"e;Two young adventurers for hire. Willing to do anything, go anywhere. Pay must be good. No reasonable offer refused."e;With that bold declaration, Thomas "e;Tommy"e; Beresford and Prudence "e;Tuppence"e; Cowley launch their career as sleuths. The childhood chums, newly reunited in London during the lean years after the Great War, are immediately swept up in a series of thrilling escapades as they search for a secret treaty in the hands of a survivor of the shipwrecked Lusitania. Witty banter highlights their tale of adventure, courage, and suspense, populated by a colorful cast ranging from an American millionaire and a British Intelligence agent to a ring of Bolshevist conspirators headed by a criminal mastermind.Agatha Christie published The Secret Adversary in 1922 after the success of her very first book, TheMysterious Affair at Styles, which introduced Hercule Poirot. With stolid Tommy and lively Tuppence, Christie created a pair of fan favorites to whom she returned throughout her career; the fun-loving duo appear in three other novels and a collection of short stories, and their exploits have been adapted for stage and screen. The beloved characters' debut offers a light-hearted romp that also recaptures the spirit of its age, as postwar England hovered on the brink of monumental change.

Autor

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) is the bestselling novelist in history; only the Bible and the works of Shakespeare are more frequently purchased than her mysteries, which have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in 100 foreign languages. Her play, The Mousetrap, opened in London in 1952 and has run continuously ever since.

Inhalt

PrologueI. The Young Adventurers, Ltd.II. Mr. Whittington's OfferIII. A Set BackIV. Who Is Jane Finn?V. Mr. Julius P. HersheimmerVI. A Plan of CampaignVII. The House in SohoVIII. The Adventures of TommyIX. Tuppence Enters Domestic ServiceX. Enter Sir James Peel EdgertonXI. Julius Tells a StoryXII. A Friend in NeedXIII. The VigilXIV. A ConsultationXV. Tuppence Receives a ProposalXVI. Further Adventures of TommyXVII. AnnetteXVIII. The TelegramXIX. Jane FinnXX. Too LateXXI. Tommy Makes a DiscoveryXXII. In Downing StreetXXIII. A Race Against TimeXXIV. Julius Takes a HandXXV. Jane's StoryXXVI. Mr. BrownXXVII. A Supper Party at the SavoyXXVIII. And After

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.2.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Mystery Classics
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 297 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Schlagworte: amateur sleuth • bolshevist conspirators • British Intelligence • Courage • Cowley • Crime • crime mystery • criminal mastermind • early 20th century london • easy to read • engaging • Fiction • gritty, postern of fate • gritty, postern of fate • historical-fiction • Mystery • Mystery & Detective • mystery and suspense • Noir • Page Turner • partners in crime • Prudence • secret adversary • small towns mystery • Spies • Suspense • suspenseful • tale of adventure • Thomas Beresford • thrilling escapades • Tommy • tuppence • young adventurers
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82074-2 / 0486820742
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82074-3 / 9780486820743