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It's about Agatha Christie's The Secret Adversary. This is just my rough draft, so there's still a bunch of work to do on it. Sorry it's kinda long. The shortest the essay was required to be was 5 paragraphs, but it was hard for me to keep it that short. Oh, and assume I indented correctly, because I can't show indentations on here. 
The Secret Adversary is a book about mystery, excitement, and suspense. It
theme is a common one: good versus evil. The story is set in 1919, in London and other
places throughout England. The main characters of the story are Tommy Beresford and
Prudence “Tuppence” Cowley, two good friends who are willing to do anything for
money. All of their adventures start when they decide to become adventurers and “Do
anything, go anywhere—if pay is good” (Christie 10).
A Mr. Whittington overheard their conversation and asked Tuppence if she would
like to work for him. Her job would simply be to go to Paris, but she is rejected after
giving her name as Jane Finn, the first name that came to her mind. She unknowingly
said the name that Tommy overheard earlier. Mr. Whittington becomes suspicious of her,
believing she knows something and is trying to blackmail him. She leaves his office with
money paid to her so she would keep quiet.
This strange event causes Tommy and Tuppence to wonder about Jane Finn.
When advertising in the newspaper for information about her, they got two replies. They
learned from these people, Mr. Carter, a leading figure in a British intelligence agency,
and Julius Hersheimmer, an American and Jane’s cousin, that Jane Finn was a
passenger on the RMS Lusitania when it sank in 1915. An American man, knowing he
may not survive, and women and children were put into lifeboats first, entrusted her with
a secret draft treaty, and asked her to take it to the American embassy in London. After
that, Jane and the treaty had disappeared. No one knew where she was, and now,
publication of the treaty's contents would compromise the current British government,
possibly leading to a bolshevik coup. Tommy and Tuppence agreed to work for Mr.
Carter to try to find her, and stop the group from finding it, especially their leader, who
goes by Mr. Brown, but no one in the group knows his real identity.
The only clue they have to go one is the name Rita, who Mr. Whittington
mentioned during his meeting with Tuppence. They eventually find her flat, and see Mr.
Whittington walking out of it with another man. Tuppence convinces Tommy to follow
them. Soon they enter a house, and Tommy secretly follows. He sees a group of people
having a meeting, and tries to listen in. He begins to hear them talking, when someone hit
him over the head. While this is happening to Tommy, Tuppence was hired by Rita, or
Mrs. Vandemeyer, as a maid, because she was sure she was part of the group. A man
came over to Mrs. Vandemeyer’s house as company, and Tuppence learned his name to
be Sir James Peel Edgerton, K.C. As he left, he seemed to warn Tuppence about Mrs.
Vandemeyer. Tuppence is confused by this, so the next day, which she had off, she met
up with Julius and they went to Sir James’ house. They tell him everything, and also
about Tommy’s disappearance. Sir James suggests he use his friendship with Mrs.
Vandemeyer to obtain information about Tommy’s whereabouts. He plans to visit her
that evening. When Tuppence came home early, she found her mistress packing to go
into hiding. Tuppence tries to stall her, but Mrs. Vandemeyer has already found out about
her. As they begin to talk, Tuppence gets Mrs. Vandemeyer to promise to give them
information regarding Jane Finn and Mr. Brown for a large amount of money, offered by
Julius. Upon the arrival of Julius and Sir James, however, Mrs. Vandemeyer faints and
dies soon after due to poisoning. After talking to a doctor who Mrs. Vandemeyer knew,
the three discover Jane Finn was admitted to his nursing home under the name Janet
Vandemeyer, and that she had amnesia. It seems they have reached a dead end, so Sir
James announces that he is going to go on a vacation. He makes hints that he will work
on the case still, and that Tuppence shouldn’t trust Julius.
In the meantime, Tommy was captured and imprisoned, and he was served food
by a young woman named Annette. They planned to kill him, but luckily for him Annette
helped arrange his escape, but when he left, she ran back into the house. When he found
Julius, they discovered Tuppence left after receiving a telegram from Tommy, which they
determined to have been sent to get rid of Tuppence. They soon hear from Sir James, who
found Jane Finn, who has recovered her memory after an accident. They get directions to
where she said she hid the package, only to find a note from Mr. Brown when they get
there, which meant he had found the papers before them. Feeling defeated, they went
back to where they were sta
The Secret Adversary is a book about mystery, excitement, and suspense. It
theme is a common one: good versus evil. The story is set in 1919, in London and other
places throughout England. The main characters of the story are Tommy Beresford and
Prudence “Tuppence” Cowley, two good friends who are willing to do anything for
money. All of their adventures start when they decide to become adventurers and “Do
anything, go anywhere—if pay is good” (Christie 10).
A Mr. Whittington overheard their conversation and asked Tuppence if she would
like to work for him. Her job would simply be to go to Paris, but she is rejected after
giving her name as Jane Finn, the first name that came to her mind. She unknowingly
said the name that Tommy overheard earlier. Mr. Whittington becomes suspicious of her,
believing she knows something and is trying to blackmail him. She leaves his office with
money paid to her so she would keep quiet.
This strange event causes Tommy and Tuppence to wonder about Jane Finn.
When advertising in the newspaper for information about her, they got two replies. They
learned from these people, Mr. Carter, a leading figure in a British intelligence agency,
and Julius Hersheimmer, an American and Jane’s cousin, that Jane Finn was a
passenger on the RMS Lusitania when it sank in 1915. An American man, knowing he
may not survive, and women and children were put into lifeboats first, entrusted her with
a secret draft treaty, and asked her to take it to the American embassy in London. After
that, Jane and the treaty had disappeared. No one knew where she was, and now,
publication of the treaty's contents would compromise the current British government,
possibly leading to a bolshevik coup. Tommy and Tuppence agreed to work for Mr.
Carter to try to find her, and stop the group from finding it, especially their leader, who
goes by Mr. Brown, but no one in the group knows his real identity.
The only clue they have to go one is the name Rita, who Mr. Whittington
mentioned during his meeting with Tuppence. They eventually find her flat, and see Mr.
Whittington walking out of it with another man. Tuppence convinces Tommy to follow
them. Soon they enter a house, and Tommy secretly follows. He sees a group of people
having a meeting, and tries to listen in. He begins to hear them talking, when someone hit
him over the head. While this is happening to Tommy, Tuppence was hired by Rita, or
Mrs. Vandemeyer, as a maid, because she was sure she was part of the group. A man
came over to Mrs. Vandemeyer’s house as company, and Tuppence learned his name to
be Sir James Peel Edgerton, K.C. As he left, he seemed to warn Tuppence about Mrs.
Vandemeyer. Tuppence is confused by this, so the next day, which she had off, she met
up with Julius and they went to Sir James’ house. They tell him everything, and also
about Tommy’s disappearance. Sir James suggests he use his friendship with Mrs.
Vandemeyer to obtain information about Tommy’s whereabouts. He plans to visit her
that evening. When Tuppence came home early, she found her mistress packing to go
into hiding. Tuppence tries to stall her, but Mrs. Vandemeyer has already found out about
her. As they begin to talk, Tuppence gets Mrs. Vandemeyer to promise to give them
information regarding Jane Finn and Mr. Brown for a large amount of money, offered by
Julius. Upon the arrival of Julius and Sir James, however, Mrs. Vandemeyer faints and
dies soon after due to poisoning. After talking to a doctor who Mrs. Vandemeyer knew,
the three discover Jane Finn was admitted to his nursing home under the name Janet
Vandemeyer, and that she had amnesia. It seems they have reached a dead end, so Sir
James announces that he is going to go on a vacation. He makes hints that he will work
on the case still, and that Tuppence shouldn’t trust Julius.
In the meantime, Tommy was captured and imprisoned, and he was served food
by a young woman named Annette. They planned to kill him, but luckily for him Annette
helped arrange his escape, but when he left, she ran back into the house. When he found
Julius, they discovered Tuppence left after receiving a telegram from Tommy, which they
determined to have been sent to get rid of Tuppence. They soon hear from Sir James, who
found Jane Finn, who has recovered her memory after an accident. They get directions to
where she said she hid the package, only to find a note from Mr. Brown when they get
there, which meant he had found the papers before them. Feeling defeated, they went
back to where they were sta