The Secret Adversary

by Agatha Christie · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 5 · 5,173 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Beresford, Tommy (Fictitious character) — Fiction · Beresford, Tuppence (Fictitious character) — Fiction · Detective and mystery stories · Domestic fiction

Words worth knowing: gorse · genially · businesslike · unofficial · interject · password · nondescript · glibly

THE SECRET ADVERSARY By Agatha Christie TO ALL THOSE WHO LEAD MONOTONOUS LIVES IN THE HOPE THAT THEY MAY EXPERIENCE AT SECOND HAND THE DELIGHTS AND DANGERS OF ADVENTURE CONTENTS PROLOGUE PROLOGUE IT was 2 p.m. on the afternoon of May 7, 1915.

The Lusitania had been struck by two torpedoes in succession and was sinking rapidly, while the boats were being launched with all possible speed.

The women and children were being lined up awaiting their turn.

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