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The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Series #1) by Agatha Christie

The Secret Adversary - Agatha Christie
bookshelves: gutenberg-project, mystery-thriller, summer-2015, tbr-busting-2015, published-1922, film-only, spies, tongue-firmly-in-cheek
Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Brazilliant and AM-Hayes-Zing
Read from September 07, 2012 to August 09, 2015

 

Description: After WW1, childhood pals Tommy Beresford and "Tuppence" Prudence Cowley lack money and prospects and become adventurers for the British Government. Rich American Julius P. Hersheimmer, powerful Mr Whittington, and an evil mastermind's conspiracy all seek Jane Finn who was given papers vital to peace by an agent at the sinking of the Luisitania.



Oooo -stop the press, this is a 2015 TV series starring Jessica Raine and David Walliams: 'Is she like this at home?'





http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1155

Dedication:

TO ALL THOSE WHO LEAD
MONOTONOUS LIVES
IN THE HOPE THAT THEY MAY EXPERIENCE
AT SECOND HAND
THE DELIGHTS AND DANGERS OF
ADVENTURE


Opening: 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.