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A review by mborer23
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
4.0
The first of Christie's "Tommy and Tuppence" series, this is a delightful read. At the beginning of the story, Tommy and Tuppence are newly demobbed after WWI and down, but never out as they decide to set up shop as private investigators. They're soon over their heads in a mystery that could cause nothing less than the overthrow of the British government.
Although Christie's forays into international intrigue were sometimes heavy-handed (see my review of the Poirot mystery [b:The Big Four|16316|The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)|Agatha Christie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1372506728s/16316.jpg|721292]), she keeps a light enough touch in this one that it works well. I look forward to reading the rest of the Tommy and Tuppence books.
Although Christie's forays into international intrigue were sometimes heavy-handed (see my review of the Poirot mystery [b:The Big Four|16316|The Big Four (Hercule Poirot, #5)|Agatha Christie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1372506728s/16316.jpg|721292]), she keeps a light enough touch in this one that it works well. I look forward to reading the rest of the Tommy and Tuppence books.