The Secret Adversary
Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition | |
| Author | Agatha Christie |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ernest Akers |
| Language | English |
| Series | Tommy and Tuppence |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | John Lane, The Bodley Head (UK) Dodd, Mead and Company (US) |
Publication date | January 1922 (UK) |
| Publication place | London, United Kingdom New York, N.Y., United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 320 (first edition, hardback, UK) 330 (first edition, US) |
| OCLC | 3672395 |
| Preceded by | The Mysterious Affair at Styles |
| Followed by | The Murder on the Links |
| Text | The Secret Adversary at Wikisource |
The Secret Adversary is the second published mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by John Lane at The Bodley Head and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $1.75.
The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career. They are hired for a job that leads them both to many dangerous situations, meeting allies as well, including an American millionaire in search of his cousin.
Reviews were generally positive on this adventure, which manages to keep the identity of the arch-criminal secret to the very end.