Tommy and Tuppence are old friends, perpetually short of cash in post-World-War-I England. They decide to post an ad offering their services as adventurers, willing to take on any (legal) job, and end up working for some branch of British Intelligence, helping to track down the mysterious Jane Finn. Jane was handed a treaty vital to British national security and asked to deliver it to the American Embassy in London just as the Lusitania, on which she was a passenger, was sinking. Unfortunately, Jane hasn't been heard from since.
The Secret Adversary is a wonderful, imaginative story involving Russian spies, kidnapping, murder, a mysterious American millionaire who claims to be Jane Finn's cousin, and, best of all, two characters who are incredibly endearing. I enjoyed the non-stop action so much that I watched the TV version starring Francesca Annis and James Warwick as Tuppence and Tommy. The TV version was very good, but disappointing in some ways because both characters were about 15 years too old and physically very unlike the Tommy and Tuppence created by Christie. My advice: read it!
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