The Secret Adversary
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Subjects: Private investigators -- England -- Fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Domestic fiction; Married people -- Fiction; Missing persons -- Fiction; Beresford, Tommy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Beresford, Tuppence (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Description: <p><i>The Secret Adversary</i>, <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/agatha-christie">Agatha Christie’s</a> second novel, introduces Tommy and Tuppence, the two much-loved mystery-solving adventurers.</p>
			<p>The novel centers around a mysterious young girl, suffering from amnesia, who was present on the sinking of the <i>Lusitania</i>. As Tommy and Tuppence try to unravel the mystery, they find themselves embroiled with mysterious millionaires and the dangerous politics of nation-states.</p>
			<p>Contemporary reviews of <i>The Secret Adversary</i> were positive, and the success of the novel paved the way not just for future Tommy and Tuppence adventures, but for a long, storied career of literary success for Christie.</p>