The Secret Adversary - Paperback

by Agatha Christie (Author)

From the Queen of Mystery comes the exclusive authorized edition of the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo.

Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love... and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.--"willing to do anything, go anywhere." But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment for the sinister Mr. Whittington draws them into a diabolical conspiracy.

It isn't long before they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever could have imagined--a danger that could put an abrupt end to their business...and their lives.

Front Jacket

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From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo.

Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love . . . and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.--"willing to do anything, go anywhere." But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment for the sinister Mr. Whittington draws them into a diabolical conspiracy.

It isn't long before they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever could have imagined--a danger that could put an abrupt end to their business . . . and their lives.

"Agatha Christie proves that if you really are good enough, you can break all the 'rules' and still come up with a winner." --Anne Perry, New York Times bestselling author of the Thomas Pitt and William Monk series of Victorian mysteries

--Times Literary Supplement (London)

Back Jacket

Now the Major TV Series Partners in Crime

From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo.

Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love . . . and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.--"willing to do anything, go anywhere." But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment for the sinister Mr. Whittington draws them into a diabolical conspiracy.

It isn't long before they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever could have imagined--a danger that could put an abrupt end to their business . . . and their lives.

"Agatha Christie proves that if you really are good enough, you can break all the 'rules' and still come up with a winner." --Anne Perry, New York Times bestselling author of the Thomas Pitt and William Monk series of Victorian mysteries