Tommy and Tuppence, two young people flat broke and out of work, are restless for excitement. They embark on a daring business scheme - Young Adventurers Ltd - 'willing to do anything, go anywhere'
Their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, draws them into a diabolical political conspiracy, and they find themselves into more danger than they ever imagine...
This is the second book Christie had published. It was first published in 1922 and it is a light hearted 'Richard Hannay' type adventure and not a typical Christie mystery, it is also great fun. It is too long needing an edit to tighten it up but as she was still learning her craft its a good effort.
The plot is solid, one that later became hackneyed - the super spy out to turn England into an outcrop of a foreign power- but at the time this was written it had only been used a few times.
A different Christie and an enjoyable one.
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