The story revolves around a mysterious man named Mr. Soon they find themselves hired for a job that leads them to many dangerous situations, meeting allies including an American rich man in search for his cousin. The story then moves forward four years to 1919, just after World War I, where two childhood friends Tommy & Tuppence meet and agree to start their own business called The Young Adventurers Ltd, ‘willing to anything, go anywhere.’ The story begins with the sinking of the Lusitania ship in 1915 when a mysterious man named Danvers gives a girl a package with important papers and instructions not to let it fall into the hands of the enemy. The Secret Adversary is different from those that feature her famous detective protagonists - Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. “Never tell all you know - not even to the person you know best”īringing you Agatha Christie’s second novel after The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring her duo detective couple Tommy Beresford & Tuppence Cowley.
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