The secret adversary

by Agatha Christie

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2011 by Ulverscroft.

ISBN:: 978-1-4448-0280-1
OCLC Number:: 751805201

Tommy and Tuppence, two young people flat broke and out of work, are restless for excitement. They embark on a daring business scheme - Young Adventurers, Ltd. - 'Willing to do anything, go anywhere'. But their first assignment, for the shady Mr Whittington, draws them into a sinister political conspiracy, and under the eye of the elusive, ruthless Mr Brown, they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever imagined ...

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KittyClimpson@bookwyrm.social reviewed The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie (Tommy & Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

I had not read this Christie before, turns out I didn’t miss much

3 stars

Entertaining, but appalling stereotyping even by 1920s standards. All the minor villains are almost comically unoriginal, a bunch of foreign communists with low brows, small eyes and harsh accents. The main characters are more sympathetic, but only slightly more interesting, especially in the first half of the book. But points added back on for the locked room mystery, I really liked that.

Allyson M W Dyar reviewed The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie Audio Mystery) by Agatha Christie

Review of 'The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie Audio Mystery)' on 'Goodreads'

No rating

According to some of the book reviews I read on GoodReads, this was Agatha Christie's second novel.

And it shows.

I tried reading the first chapters and couldn't continue. The characters weren't that interesting, the banter between them tedious, and I just didn't want to continue.

So this book earns a formal "No Review" from me because it wasn't fair for me to review a book that I hadn't finished reading.

Perhaps you'll enjoy it more than I did.