The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Series)

From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS.

Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—"willing to do anything, go anywhere." But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment for the sinister Mr. Whittington draws them into a diabolical conspiracy.

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.

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The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Series)

From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS.

Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—"willing to do anything, go anywhere." But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment for the sinister Mr. Whittington draws them into a diabolical conspiracy.

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.

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The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Series)

The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Series)

by Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Series)

The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Series)

by Agatha Christie

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Overview

From the brilliant pen of Agatha Christie comes the first novel in her Tommy and Tuppence mystery series featuring the beloved sleuthing duo—now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS.

Tommy and Tuppence are young, in love… and flat broke. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—"willing to do anything, go anywhere." But they get more than they bargained for when their first assignment for the sinister Mr. Whittington draws them into a diabolical conspiracy.

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780061753749
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 05/31/2005
Series: Tommy and Tuppence Series , #1
Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
Format: eBook
Pages: 368
File size: 19 MB
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About the Author

About The Author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Table of Contents

Cast of Charactersvii
Part 1The Facts
1An Important Passenger on the Taurus Express3
2The Tokatlian Hotel13
3Poirot Refuses a Case21
4A Cry in the Night29
5The Crime33
6A Woman45
7The Body53
8The Armstrong Kidnapping Case63
Part 2The Evidence
1The Evidence of the Wagon Lit Conductor69
2The Evidence of the Secretary76
3The Evidence of the Valet81
4The Evidence of the American Lady87
5The Evidence of the Swedish Lady95
6The Evidence of the Russian Princess101
7The Evidence of Count and Countess Andrenyi108
8The Evidence of Colonel Arbuthnot114
9The Evidence of Mr. Hardman123
10The Evidence of the Italian130
11The Evidence of Miss Debenham134
12The Evidence of the German Lady's-maid140
13Summary of the Passengers' Evidence147
14The Evidence of the Weapon155
15The Evidence of the Passengers' Luggage163
Part 3Hercule Poirot Sits Back and Thinks
1Which of Them?181
2Ten Questions189
3Certain Suggestive Points195
4The Grease Spot on a Hungarian Passport204
5The Christian Name of Princess Dragomiroff211
6A Second Interview with Colonel Arbuthnot216
7The Identity of Mary Debenham220
8Further Surprising Revelations224
9Poirot Propounds Two Solutions231

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