The Secret Adversary (book)

  • Type: Novel
  • Length: 320 pages

The Secret Adversary is a 1922 thriller by English mystery writer Agatha Christie. Childhood friends Thomas (Tommy) Beresford and Prudence (Tuppence) Cowley who are both newly discharged from the service at the end of the Great War open a business as The Young Adventurers. An American millionaire hired them to find his cousin. - AsNotedIn




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  • London, England "The Secret Adversary" takes Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley all around London, 1910
  • RMS Lusitania (shipwreck), "The Secret Adversary" begins on the Lusitana, 7 May 1915.

Timeline

Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1922/01/00 Agatha Christie Author "The Secret Adversary" is published by John Lane (The Bodley Head).
1922/01/00 The Bodley Head Publisher "The Secret Adversary" is published by John Lane (The Bodley Head).
1922/01/00 Tommy and Tuppence Private Detectives "The Secret Adversary" is published by John Lane (The Bodley Head).

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Particulars for The Secret Adversary (book):
Narrative Arts American Millionaires by Foreign Authors
Art Type Book a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
Crime Crime
Narrative Arts Detective a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes.
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts Mystery something not understood or beyond understanding
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Art Type Novel long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Narrative Arts Thriller



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