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The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

Agatha Christie

Start date: July 15, 2024

Finish date: August 6, 2024

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Why we're reading this: By member request, the first in the Tommy and Tuppence series.
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Nov 10, 2012 Andréa rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: digital, a-owns, mystery-thriller-crime, british-isles, lendable-kindle

I really don't think "Jane Finn" is all that unusual of a name. Sure, I haven't met anyone with the name before, but it's not so unusual that I would assume there's only one, and that any mention of a "Jane Finn" must therefore be about the same one person. Christie's original idea of "Jane Fish" seems slightly more peculiar to me, but still not weird enough to base a whole book on!

Besides the issue of the name, I thought Tommy & Tuppence were entirely too trusting...they seemed to trot out the ...more

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Feb 08, 2023 Jazzy Lemon rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: english-authors, classics

Tommy and Tuppence team up to overcome their financial difficulties and end up involved in solving a mystery and a murder!

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Apr 08, 2022 Lark of The Bookwyrm's Hoard rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: crrl, audio, mystery, re-read, library-love-2022, coyer-2022-spring

One of my favorite Christie novels. Review to come.

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Mar 05, 2015 Lynnie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: conspiracy, read-in-2010s, read-in-2000s, golden-age-detective-story, london, read-in-2022, adventure-mysteries

A quick read and a fun adventure, I've read this several times. ...more

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Jan 16, 2022 Cricket Muse rated it really liked it

Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are the better known sleuths of Agatha Christie’s pen, yet Tommy and Tuppence are also engaging in their detective adventures. The time period is after WWI, in fact, the story begins shortly after the sinking of the Luistiania.
Lots of snappy dialogue with British slang thrown in. My version had footnotes which were both helpful and a distraction to the story.
An engaging read with typical Christie red herrings.

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Jan 27, 2021 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: agatha-christie

Although Christie is one of my favourite authors, I have always liked the Tommy and Tuppence books the least. A rereading of this, which I originally read in my early teens, has born out my feelings. Although the two main characters have been through an active time in the war, they feel to me, that they have never grown up. Christie certainly includes a huge amount of mystery tropes, gangs, kidnapping, loss of memory, and many more. Definitely action-packed for those that like a fast moving read ...more

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