Book Review: The Secret Adversary

This week's book review is on a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary.

This is the first of four books following the adventures of Tommy and Tuppence, a male and female detective, respectively. Tommy is a stubborn, sometimes slow Englishman, while Tuppence is a sly, quick Englishwoman.

In the book, the two are searching for lost documentation on a failed treaty that would have ended WWI prematurely, with positive terms for the Germans. While doing so, they discover that a man, known only as Mr. Brown, is pulling all the strings from behind the scenes. No one knows who he is, hence the name of the book.

There's not a whole lot to be said about the writing style that hasn't already been said - Agatha Christie is a great writer and will always be considered so. There's a great deal of odd humor in the book, as Tommy and Tuppence make quite the humorous pair.

I will say this, as well - this is possibly the easiest Agatha Christie mystery to solve, as I pegged the identity of Mr. Brown within the first hundred or so pages of the book.

If you like mysteries, then, you should enjoy this book. It's quick and fairly easy to read, and the possibility of guessing the ending is one that exists throughout almost the entire book, which I believe to be one of the principal enjoyments when reading a book with any sort of mystery or suspense about it. All of that and there are three more books to follow it up with!

And, yet again, a shorter review than last week. I assure you, next week's will have a bit more meat to it. If you have any suggestions as to books you would like a review of, please let me know in the comments section.