The Secret Adversary(English edition)
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Publisher Description
The Secret Adversary: during the war, ordinary people may encounter unusual things to make all the difference. In May 1915, the RMS Lusitania near Ireland was hit by the German torpedo for the World War I, and passengers fled for their lives in the chaotic upsurge. A strange British man quietly gives important papers to a young American woman as she is ready to aboard the lifeboat. He repeatedly stressed that there is a file related to the future of Britain and America, and he suspected that he has been tracked by the enemy. He asked her to take good care of this parcel, and informed her contact way after surviving. After brief contact, both them tried to survive.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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.
