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The Secret Adversary

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63 of 63 copies available
63 of 63 copies available

A young woman holds a secret document which cannot be released "That's the curious part about speaking the truth. No one does believe it." ― Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary In Agatha Christie's second novel, The Secret Adversary, a young woman receives a draft treaty from a mysterious agent aboard the sinking RMS Lusitania in 1915. Four years later, two young adventurers are hired to find the woman and the treaty before the mysterious Mr. Brown can get his hands on the incriminating document.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 30, 2015
      Reader Larkin is an excellent choice to narrate this delightful classic from mystery maven Christie. It is 1919, the Great War is over, and the roaring ’20s are just on the horizon in London. Tommy Breseford and Prudence “Tuppence” Cowley are young and optimistic, but they are also broke and out of work—which is a problem for the lifestyles they wish to live. On a lark they form a company, the Young Adventurers Ltd., hoping to earn money from odd jobs, anything that will pay. Little do they know that their entrepreneurial romp will lead them down a dangerous, twisted path of secrets, kidnappings, and murder. Christie, through her protagonists, perfectly conveys the buoyant, frivolous times of the early 1920s. Larkin’s performance captures that sense of carefree enthusiasm for life before the crash. Her reading is champagne bubbly and engaging throughout the book, especially in the cheeky back-and-forth banter between Tommy and Tuppence. This is a jaunty, jolly good listen.

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  • Lexile® Measure:680
  • Text Difficulty:3

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