description: It is just after WWI and Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley are desperately short of money. With jobs thin on the ground, Tommy and Tuppence decide to form a partnership and hire themselves out as "young adventurers, willing to do anything, go anywhere." When their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, puts both of them in mortal danger, they have to use all their ingenuity and cunning to save not only their own lives but that of the mysterious "Jane Finn".
language: English
title: The Secret Adversary
titlecomplete: The Secret Adversary
characters: Mr. Whittington, Sir James Peel Edgerton, Kramenin, Miss Rita Vandemeyer, "Tuppence" Beresford, Mr.Carter, Jane Finn, Julius Hersheimmer, Albert Batt, Tommy Beresford
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, Classics, British Literature, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Adventure, Audiobook
ratings_count: 59496
places: London, England
series: Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries
publisher: Macmillan Audio