The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

[meganbmoore]

Out of luck and out of money, childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley re-meet in London and decide to join forces to become “The Young Adventurers, Ltd.,” planning to hire themselves out as adventurers. Overheard plotting their adventure, Tuppence is almost immediately offered a job, only to be accused of blackmail when she gives her

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[violaswamp]

I love this book. It has a special place in my heart.

[smillaraaq]

There were a few made-for-TV adaptations of these in the early 1980s, which a little Googling says are conveniently available on DVD now. I remember finding them quite light and charming at the time, although the ensuing decades have wiped out any further details...

[meganbmoore]

I've seen the ones with Francesca Annis. Are there others?

[smillaraaq]

Those are the ones I was thinking of...if Google's to be believed it seems the only other English version was in one episode of Marple?

[meganbmoore]

Yeah, that one I've seen. It's actually one of my favorite Marples, though I think the book is mostly focused on Tuppence, and the movie shifted a lot of the focus to Marple.

[lady_ganesh]

Tommy and Tuppence do not show up enough in Christie's works. They're my favorites.