The Secret Adversary - Agatha Christie (1922)

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Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love... and broke. Just after the Great War, there are few jobs available and the couple are desperately short of money. Restless with excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business plan: Young Adventurers Ltd., "willing to do anything, go anywhere." Hiring each other turns out to be a smart decision for the couple. On her first assignment for the mysterious Mr. Whittingtont, all Tuppence has to do at her first job is take an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris and pose as an American named Jane Finn. But with the mission comes a bribe to keep him silent, a threat to his life, and the disappearance of his new employer. Now his newest job is playing detective.
Where is the real Jane Finn? The mere mention of his name produces a very strange reaction throughout London. So strange, in fact, that they decided to find this mysterious missing lady. She has been missing for five years. And neither his body nor the secret documents he carried have ever been found. Now the economic recovery of post-war England depends on finding her and recovering the documents. But the two young men working undercover for the British ministry only know that her name and the only photo of her is in the hands of their rich American cousin. It's not long before they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever imagined, a danger that could abruptly end their business...and their lives.
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