Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep58 “The Secret Adversary” (2015) Review

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about queen bees, Soho whorehouses, sugar millionaires, and Commie infiltration. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss “The Secret Adversary” from 2015 starring David Walliams and Jessica Raine as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

6:30 A change in era

8:52 Bad beekeeping

14:48 Tommy attempts to join the intelligence community

16:18 The fake sugar millionaire and his sugar cookie

19:21 The deadly assignation and an adult Albert

23:52 The missed opportunities for a good story