The Secret Adversary
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The Secret Adversary
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Narrated by:
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Nadia May
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By:
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Agatha Christie
Summary
Just after World War I, Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley are desperately short of money.
With a shortage of job opportunities, they form a partnership, hiring themselves out as “young adventurers, willing to do anything, go anywhere.” In their first dangerous assignment, they must use all their ingenuity to save not only their own lives but also the life of a mysterious girl.
The girl in the photograph has been missing for five years. Neither her body nor the secret documents she was carrying have ever been found. Now postwar England’s economic recovery depends on finding her and getting the papers back.
But the two young Brits, working undercover for the ministry, Tommy and Tuppence, know only that her name was Jane Finn and the only photo of her is in the hands of her rich American cousin. They don’t yet know about a mysterious and ruthless man called “Mr. Brown” or the beautiful but sinister older woman who knows all about Jane Finn—and therefore must die.
(P)1997 Blackstone Audio, Inc.Critic reviews
“Wanda McCaddon reads with her usual charging enthusiasm…She enlivens the repartee between the two leads, relishes the other characters, and enjoys herself immensely.”
“Refreshingly original.”
“An excellent yarn…reader[s] will find it as impossible as we did to put it aside until the mystery has been fathomed.”
“We promise our readers an exciting story of adventure, full of hairbreadth escapes, and many disappointments if they try to guess the riddle before the author is ready to give them the clue…An excellent story.”
If you could sum up The Secret Adversary in three words, what would they be?
Suspense all throughWho was your favorite character and why?
Tuppence, even although the character was supposed to be young lady with limited exposure to the outside world (clergyman's daughter} her portrayal was very believable.Which character – as performed by Nadia May – was your favourite?
Tuppence,Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
enjoyed listening to it again and I am sure will again.Any additional comments?
Nadia May used her voice very effectively for the female characters and was able to lower it enough for the male parts not to be distracting.one of Agatha's best
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