The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie, Fiction, Mystery & Detective

by Agatha Christie

Overview

The Great War is over, and jobs are scarce. Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley meet and agree to start their own business as The Young Adventurers. They are hired for a job that leads them both to many dangerous situations, meeting allies as well, including an American millionaire in search of his cousin. It started with the sinking of the Lusitania. . . . An American, carrying secret papers, placed them in the care of a young American woman. She was to carry them to England, and advertise for the American: if he did not answer her ad, she should assume he was lost, and place the papers in the hands of the American Ambassador. The American survived, thank God. But the girl whom he entrusted disappeared before she could advertise for him. The papers she carried are lost -- and even now, five years later, the fate of England's postwar recovery depends upon them. . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592248469
Publisher:	Borgo Press
Publication date:	11/01/2002
Series:	Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries (Paperback)
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 1890 - 1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contributions to literature.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

Table of Contents

	Cast of Characters	vii
Part 1	The Facts
1	An Important Passenger on the Taurus Express	3
2	The Tokatlian Hotel	13
3	Poirot Refuses a Case	21
4	A Cry in the Night	29
5	The Crime	33
6	A Woman	45
7	The Body	53
8	The Armstrong Kidnapping Case	63
Part 2	The Evidence
1	The Evidence of the Wagon Lit Conductor	69
2	The Evidence of the Secretary	76
3	The Evidence of the Valet	81
4	The Evidence of the American Lady	87
5	The Evidence of the Swedish Lady	95
6	The Evidence of the Russian Princess	101
7	The Evidence of Count and Countess Andrenyi	108
8	The Evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot	114
9	The Evidence of Mr. Hardman	123
10	The Evidence of the Italian	130
11	The Evidence of Miss Debenham	134
12	The Evidence of the German Lady's-maid	140
13	Summary of the Passengers' Evidence	147
14	The Evidence of the Weapon	155
15	The Evidence of the Passengers' Luggage	163
Part 3	Hercule Poirot Sits Back and Thinks
1	Which of Them?	181
2	Ten Questions	189
3	Certain Suggestive Points	195
4	The Grease Spot on a Hungarian Passport	204
5	The Christian Name of Princess Dragomiroff	211
6	A Second Interview with Colonel Arbuthnot	216
7	The Identity of Mary Debenham	220
8	Further Surprising Revelations	224
9	Poirot Propounds Two Solutions	231

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