The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Series)

by Agatha Christie

Overview

The bestselling mystery writer of all time. The greatest detective of the century. The romance of the Orient Express. The murder and the mystery that has shocked--and stumped--readers for the past six decades. This is Murder on the Orient Express.

"Christie keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end."-- Times Literary Supplement (from the original 1934 review)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781453772546
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/21/2010
Series:	Tommy and Tuppence Series
Pages:	156
Sales rank:	632,602
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

Agatha Christie (1890-1976), one of the most popular authors of all time and known the Queen of Crime, is the author of eighty novels and short-story collections, including The Mysterious Affair at Styles, And Then There Were None, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and The Mirror Crack'd.

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

What People are Saying About This

Donna Leon

“Any mystery writer who wants to learn how to plot should spend a few days reading Agatha Christie. She’ll show you everything you want to know.”

Editorial Reviews

"Any mystery writer who wants to learn how to plot should spend a few days reading Agatha Christie. She'll show you everything you want to know."--Donna Leon, international bestselling author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti novels

"Refreshingly original."--Times Literary Supplement (London)

From the Publisher

Refreshingly original.

Times Literary Supplement (London)

Praise for Agatha Christie: “Any mystery writer who wants to learn how to plot should spend a few days reading Agatha Christie. She’ll show you everything you want to know.

Donna Leon

"Refreshingly original."

Time Magazines Literary Supplement (London)

Popular narrator Nadia May has great fun reading Agatha Christie's second book, the first of five featuring the husband-and-wife detective team of Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. A lighthearted thriller that reads well even today, the book highlights Tommy and Tuppence, not yet married, as they thwart a malevolent plot to paralyze Great Britain through closely manipulated labor unrest. Nadia May reads with her usual charging enthusiasm, her British voice changing its pitch and cadence for male and female characters alike. She enlivens the repartee between the two leads, relishes the other characters and enjoys herself immensely. D.W. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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