TY - BOOK AU - Christie, Agatha TI - The secret adversary : : a tommy and tuppence mystery / SN - 978-0-06-298635-1 AV - FIC .C475 1922 PY - 1922/// CY - New York PB - William Morrow KW - Beresford, Tommy (Fictitious character)--Fiction. Beresford, Tuppence (Fictitious character)--Fiction. Private investigators--England--Fiction. Missing persons--Fiction. Married people--England--Fiction N2 - "Childhood friends Thomas Beresford -- known as Tommy -- and Prudence Cowley -- call her Tuppence -- cross paths after the Great War. Desperate for cash, they set themselves up as "two young adventurers for hire" and launch a series of thrilling escapades. In this, Agatha Christie's second published mystery, the sleuthing duo proved so popular that they reappeared throughout their creator's career"-- Provided by publisher ER -