The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary, Agatha Christie
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The Secret Adversary

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Senn Annis, Curt Bonnem

Unabridged: 7 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/16/2020


Synopsis

A multi-cast performance of the first book in Agatha Christie's best selling Tommy and Tuppence mystery series, introducing this charming and oh so British detective duo as they are drawn into a dangerous political plot. Set in 1920 London, Tommy and Tuppence are young, daring and in serious need of money. After impulsively forming the Young Adventurers Ltd, they suddenly find themselves embroiled in a complex plot with the political future of England at stake! Now a movie on both Acorn TV and PBS.

About Agatha Christie

What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. He outlines many of those interesting facts. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. Agatha loved dogs. She has a rose named after her. She never did drink alcohol nor smoked. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne

Secret Adversary is the first Tommy & Tuppence novel. Ta-da! I'm not going to claim that it's great, but it was entertaining. And Christie managed to make me think I KNEW who the hell dunnit, only to jerk the rug out from underneath me...again. <--to be fair, that's kind of her thing, you know?......more

Goodreads review by James

I am hosting an Agatha Christie Readathon on my blog in April 2018 where we are reading one of her books each week. The first book up, The Secret Adversary, is the initial entry in the Tommy & Tuppence cozy mystery series she's written. Although I've read a bunch of her novels, I hadn't read anythin......more

Goodreads review by رغد

العدو السري او العدو الخفي ثاني رواية ألفتها ملكة البوليسية اجاثا كريستي في عشرينيات القرن الماضي .. في إطار ممتع ومشوق تظهر لنا اول رواية في سلسلة روايات (تومي وتوبينس) للنور واول رواية تجميع بين هاتين الشخصيتين الشابتين الجامعتين لطيش الشباب والفضول والذكاء تومي وتوبينس اصدقاء قديمان ........more