The Secret Adversary was the second novel written by Agatha Christie. First published in 1922, it was the first book in the Tommy and Tuppence series. Tommy and tuppence were playmates when they were little and had been friends ever since, but lost touch after the end of World War 1. a couple years later they run into each other in London, both broke and unable to find jobs. The jokingly form a business called Young Adventures to perform jobs that would earn themselves some money. Upon leaving each other and agreeing to meet the next day, Tuppence is approached by a gentlemen to come see him at his business the following morning. Tuppence didn't care for the looks of this gentleman but goes and sees him at a shabby looking office. During that meeting The name Jane Finn comes up and the gentleman gets nervous and hands her some money and asks her to come back the following morning. When she arrives the next day, the office is deserted. Because of that, she and Tommy decide to post a listing in the newspaper looking for information on Jane Finn. They get a response asking to see a Mr. Carter at a certain address. When they arrive, Tommy recognizes Mr. Carter from army intelligence. Mr. Carter contracts them to search for Jane Fin and to also look out for the organization of men that are trying to create problems in the british government, which the original gentlemen was part of and whose leader goes by the name Mr. Brown. Tommy and Tuppence start the search for Jane Finn not knowing what type of danger they would run into.
This book is full of action in it and it keeps the reader guessing it who is Jane Finn and Mr. Brown up until the end of the book. I do want to and will read more books in this series.
Tim's rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
(Four out of five stars)
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You can download this book in various formats from Project Gutenberg at http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1155.
