The Secret Adversary The Secret Adversary The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by 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. The Great War is over,
Tuppence Middleton "Dickensian" (2015–16), playing Miss Havisham, and "War & Peace" (2016), in which she played Russian princess and villain Hélène Kuragina, and has been cast in the upcoming film adaptation "Downton Abbey". In 2010, she was nominated for the "London Evening Standard" Film Awards for Most Promising Newcomer. Tuppence Middleton was born on 21 February 1987 in Bristol, England, to Nigel and Tina Middleton. She was named "Tuppence" after the childhood nickname her grandmother gave to her mother. She was raised in Clevedon, Somerset, with older sister Angel and younger brother Josh (now frontman of heavy metal band Sylosis, and lead