The Secret Adversary Annotated and Illustrated Book
Author | : Agatha Christie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2020-04-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9798640019957 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Secret Adversary Annotated and Illustrated Book written by Agatha Christie and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy. Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Crowley meet again soon after the end of World War I. Both are unemployed and short of money but soon find themselves in the employ of British Intelligence and tasked to locate a certain Jane Finn who may be in possession of a document that could prove embarrassing to the government. Julius Hersheimmer, an American millionaire and cousin to the missing Miss Finn, assists them. Along the way, they stumble across a Bolshevik plot to create chaos across Britain. Tuppence also receives a proposal of marriage from an unexpected source.