num_pages: 236
description: Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after Great War, there are few jobs available and the couple are desperately short of money. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business Young Adventurers Ltd.—"willing to do anything, go anywhere." Hiring themselves out proves to be a smart move for the couple. In their first assignment for the mysterious Mr. Whittingtont, all Tuppence has to do in their first job is take an all-expense paid trip to Paris and pose as an American named Jane Finn. But with the assignment comes a bribe to keep quiet, a threat to her life, and the disappearance of her new employer. Now their newest job are playing detective.Where is the real Jane Finn? The mere mention of her name produces a very strange reaction all over London. So strange, in fact, that they decided to find this mysterious missing lady. She has been missing for five years. And neither her body nor the secret documents she was carrying have ever been found. Now post-war England's economic recovery depends on finding her and getting the papers back. But he two young working undercover for the British ministry know only that her name and the only photo of her is in the hands of her rich American cousin. 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.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: El Misterioso Padre Brown (Crimen y Misterio)
titlecomplete: El Misterioso Padre Brown (Crimen y Misterio) (Spanish Edition)
characters: Tommy Beresford, Jane Finn, Julius Hersheimmer, Miss Rita Vandemeyer, Kramenin, Mr. Whittington, "Tuppence" Beresford, Sir James Peel Edgerton, Mr.Carter, Albert Batt
genres: Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Classics, British Literature, Audiobook, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
ratings_count: 59527
places: London, England
series: Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries
publisher: Booket