Edited by Caro1970 at 08-01-2024 18:29
Tommy Beresford andPrudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love… and flat broke. Just after GreatWar, there are few jobs available and the couple are desperately short ofmoney. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring businessscheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.—"willing to do anything, go anywhere."Hiring themselves out proves to be a smart move for the couple. In their firstassignment for the mysterious Mr. Whittingtont, all Tuppence has to do in theirfirst job is take an all-expense paid trip to Paris and pose as an Americannamed Jane Finn. But with the assignment comes a bribe to keep quiet, a threatto her life, and the disappearance of her new employer. Now their newest jobare playing detective.
Where is the real Jane Finn? The mere mention ofher name produces a very strange reaction all over London. So strange, in fact,that they decided to find this mysterious missing lady. She has been missingfor five years. And neither her body nor the secret documents she was carryinghave ever been found. Now post-war England's economic recovery depends onfinding her and getting the papers back. But he two young working undercoverfor the British ministry know only that her name and the only photo of her isin the hands of her rich American cousin. It isn’t long before they findthemselves plunged into more danger than they ever could have imagined—a dangerthat could put an abrupt end to their business… and their lives.
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