The Secret Adversary

The Secret Adversary
Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s first Tommy and Tuppence mystery adventure, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventurers Ltd.Their advertisement says they are ‘willing to do anything, go anywhere’. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined…

The Secret Adversary

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First published in Great Britain by

The Bodley Head Limited 1922

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Source ISBN: 9780007590599

Ebook Edition © Jan 2015 ISBN: 9780007422777

Version: 2017-04-17

To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second-hand the delights and dangers of adventure.

Contents

Cover (#ueb7c05f7-90bd-5ded-9a94-ab0d989a9250)

Title Page (#u6a0acbac-4419-54b6-8f2b-da5d68d54f9c)

Copyright (#u17c0691e-28c2-505e-a563-e206e495450f)

Dedication (#uc1511c4b-6ba6-5419-8b3b-d9ea634afe45)

Prologue (#u119a49cb-292d-5f83-b037-c67dfee9eaeb)

CHAPTER 1: The Young Adventurers, Ltd. (#u79756a04-6f8d-519a-a335-c6862abae4eb)

CHAPTER 2: Mr Whittington’s Offer (#ub3401cc1-f7c2-5db1-8a92-c337c3503b2e)

CHAPTER 3: A Setback (#u3921fd16-635e-52e1-bc32-6948cdb5f907)

CHAPTER 4: Who Is Jane Finn? (#u243d9ea1-599c-599d-a7a3-1193d8fb568d)

CHAPTER 5: Mr Julius P. Hersheimmer (#ufef5b075-1931-52a7-82c2-131e9f2bfb96)

CHAPTER 6: A Plan of Campaign (#u748453f5-1cfe-51f4-af4b-4ae095e08c1b)

CHAPTER 7: The House in Soho (#u5ea13925-fd8a-5487-aed1-84cea320abc7)

CHAPTER 8: The Adventures of Tommy (#uda224844-1b63-5344-9f90-58e5452246cd)

CHAPTER 9: Tuppence Enters Domestic Service (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 10: Enter Sir James Peel Edgerton (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 11: Julius Tells a Story (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 12: A Friend in Need (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 13: The Vigil (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 14: A Consultation (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 15: Tuppence Receives a Proposal (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 16: Further Adventures of Tommy (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 17: Annette (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 18: The Telegram (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 19: Jane Finn (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 20: Too Late (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 21: Tommy Makes a Discovery (#litres_trial_promo)