 | The Secret Adversary is the very first Tommy & Tuppence mystery by the Queen of Mystery herself, Agatha Christie. In their very first adventure, Tommy and Tuppence uncover an audacious plot to destroy Great Britain! In postwar London, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Prudence â??Tuppenceâ?? Cowley are having a grand old timeâ??except that they can barely afford a pot of tea between them. They decide to form a joint venture: Young Adventurers, Ltd. and come upon a deadly conspiracy that stretches back to the sinking of the Lusitania and threatens to undo everything England won in the Great War. By transforming two of Englandâ??s cheerful young things into fearless detectives, Agatha Christieâ??s second novel revolutionized the mystery genre. AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890-1976) remains the most widely published author of all time, in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. |