The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
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- 5 hours to read
- 29 chapters
- Reading level: 6th grade
"The Secret Adversary" by Agatha Christie is a detective novel published in January 1922. Two unemployed young friends, Tommy and Tuppence, form a business seeking adventure and quickly find themselves entangled in a dangerous conspiracy involving a missing woman, a secret treaty from the Lusitania, and a mysterious criminal mastermind known only as "Mr. Brown." Their investigation leads them through deception, kidnapping, and betrayal as they race to recover the treaty before it destabilizes the British government.
- Private investigators · England
- Detective and mystery stories
- Domestic fiction
- Married people
- Missing persons
- Beresford, Tommy (Fictitious character)
- Beresford, Tuppence (Fictitious character)
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Prologue
IT was 2 p.m. on the afternoon of May 7, 1915. The Lusitania had been struck by two torpedoes in succession and was sinking rapidly, while the boats were being launched with all possible speed. The women and children were being lined up awaiting their turn. Some still clung desperately to husbands and fathers; others clutched their children closely to their breasts. One girl stood alone, slightly apart from the rest. She was quite young, not more than eighteen. She did not seem afraid, and her grave, steadfast eyes looked straight ahead.
“I beg your pardon.”
A man’s voice beside her made her start and turn. She had noticed the speaker more than once amongst the first-class passengers. There had been a hint of mystery about him which had appealed to her imagination. He spoke to no one. If anyone spoke to him he was quick to rebuff the overture. Also he had a nervous way of looking over his shoulder with a swift, suspicious glance.
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This free edition of The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1155, released 1998-01-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery, Adventure, Novels, British Literature.
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