- UK
- John Lane (The Bodley Head), London, Jan. 1922
- The Times (weekly edition), Aug.-Dec. 1921
- US
- Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1922
- a.k.a. "The Mysterious Mr. Brown", Brief Stories Magazine, April 1926
Plot
Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme --- Young Adventurers Ltd.
Their advertisement says they are 'willing to do anything, go anywhere'. But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr Whittington, plunges them into more danger than they ever imagined ...
Contents
Prologue • 1. The Young Adventures, Ltd. • 2. Mr Whittington's Offer • 3. A Setback • 4. Who is Jane Finn? • 5. Mr Julius P.Hersheimmer • 6. A Plan of Campaign • 7. The House in Soho • 8. The Adventures of Tommy • 9. Tuppence Enters Domestic Service • 10. Enter Sir James Peel Edgerton • 11. Julius Tells a Story • 12. A Friend in Need • 13. The Vigil • 14. A Consultation • 15. Tuppence Receives of Tommy • 16. Further Adventures of Tommy • 17. Annette • 18. The Telegram • 19. Jane Finn • 20. Too Late • 21. Tommy Makes a Discovery • 22. In Downing Street • 23. A Race Against Time • 24. Julius Takes a Hand • 25. Jane's Story • 26. Mr Brown • 27. A Supper Party at the Savoy • 28. And After
Characters
Tommy (Thomas) Beresford • Tuppence (Prudence) Cowley • Edward Whittington • Jane Finn • Julius P. Hersheimmer • Mrs. Marguerite "Rita" Vandemeyer • Sir James Peel Edgerton • Boris "Count Stepanov" Ivanovitch • Mr. A. Carter • Annette • Conrad
Dr. Adams • Annie • Edith • Westway • Sister Westhaven • Archdeacon Cowley • Mr. Edgar Keith • Mrs. Eleanor Jane Keith • Clymes • Kramenin • Ivan Grieber • Sister Greenbank • Madame Colombier • Insp. James Japp • George • Miss Dufferin • Danvers • Hiram Hersheimmer • Albert • Amos Finn • Felix • Brown • Flossie • Sir William Beresford • Dr. Hall • Mr. Potter • Sister Bond • Marjorie Sadie • Gladys Mary • Peter B. Rysdale • Mabel Lewis • Dr. Roylance • Mrs. Sweeny • Jane
Films & TV
- Die Abenteuer G.m.b.H., Germany, 1929
- film list
- The Secret Adversary, LWT/UK, 1983
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
- The Secret Adversary, BBC/UK, 2015
- TV drama list
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STANDARD EBOOKS
PROJECT GUTENBERG
UK/US covers
John Lane / The Bodley Head
- The Bodley Head, 1922; Hardcover; ca: Ernest Akers
- The Bodley Head, 1933; Hardcover
- The Bodley Head, 1962
Dodd, Mead and Company / Grosset & Dunlap
- Dodd, Mead & Co, 1922; Hardcover; ♦Steve Marcum
- Grosset & Dunlap, second early edition;; ♦William Homer
Avon Books
- Avon Books (#100), 1946; ca: Carl Bower
- Avon Books (#410), 1952
- Avon Books (T210), 1958; ca: Victor Kalin
Pan Books
- Pan Books (357), 1955
- Harlequin-Pan (359), 1956
- Pan Books (GP82), 1958; ca: John Keay
- Pan Books (GP82), 1963; ca: W. Francis Phillipps
- Pan Books (GP82), 1964; ca: W. Francis Phillipps
- Pan Books (X265), 1967
- Pan Books, 1970
- Pan Books, 1971 18th
- Pan Books, 1974; ISBN:9780330102650
Bantam Books
- Bantam Books, 1970
- Bantam Books (T2155), 1975; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Bantam Books, 1978; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Bantam Books, 1981; ca: Tom Adams; ISBN:9780553240351; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Bantam Books, 1986; ISBN:9780553264777; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
Panther Books / Triad
- Panther Books, 1978; ISBN:9780586044247; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Panther Books
- Triad Granada, 1981; ♦Harry Newton
- Triad, 1986; ISBN:9780586044247
Fontana Books / HarperCollins
- Fontana Books, 1991; ISBN:9780006174783
- HarperCollins; ISBN:9780007111466
- HarperCollins, 1996; ISBN:9780006174783
- HarperCollins, 1997
- HarperCollins, 2007; Facsimile edition; ISBN:9780007265152; ca: Ernest Akers
- HarperCollins, 2007; Masterpiece edition; ISBN:9780007590599
- HarperCollins, 2008; Comic Strip edition; ISBN:9780007274611
- William Morrow Paperbacks, 2012; ISBN:9780062074355
- Center Point, 2012; ISBN:9781611734294
- HarperCollins, 2015; ISBN:9780008125929
- HarperCollins, 2015; ISBN:9780007590599
- William Morrow Paperbacks, 2016; ISBN:9780062449948
- HarperCollins, 2017; ISBN:9780008255589
- William Morrow Paperbacks, 2020; ISBN:9780062986351
Berkley Books
- Berkley Books, 1991
- Berkley Books, 1997; ISBN:9780425130278
other publishers
- Signet, 2001; ISBN:9780451201201
- Bestseller Mystery, 1944; ca: George Salter
- G.K.Hall, 1988; ISBN:9780816144648
- Ulverscroft Large Print, 1991; ISBN:9780708924419
- Eurokids International Private
- Planet Three Publishing, 2003
- Barnes & Noble, 2009; ISBN:9781435110649
Newspaper
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Novel, Dec. 5, 1937
Western Europe covers
Mr Brown / Monsieur Brown / Mister Brown / L'adversaire secret
Le Masque (#100) 1931
- Monsieur Brown; Le Masque, 1932
- Mr Brown; Le Masque, 1963
- Mr. Brown; Le Masque, 1979
- Mr Brown; Le Masque, 1988
- Mr Brown; Le Masque, 1991
- Mr Brown; Masque Christie, 2010; ISBN:9782702421888
- Monsieur Brown; Masque Christie, 2020; ISBN:9782702449608
- Monsieur Brown; Masque Christie, 2022; ISBN:9782702451113
Club des Masques (#68) 1969
- Mr. Brown; Club des Masques, 1969; ca: Tom Adams; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Mr Brown; Club des Masques, 1993
- Mr Brown; Club des Masques, 1993
Le Livre de Poche (#5245) 1979
- Mister Brown; Le Livre de Poche, 1979
- Mr Brown; Le Livre de Poche, 1988
- Mr Brown; Le Livre de Poche, 1997
- Mr Brown; Le Livre de Poche, 2002; ISBN:9782253021797
- Mr Brown; Le Livre de Poche, 2007; ISBN:9782253021797
other publishers
- L'adversaire secret; Claude Lefrancq; ISBN:9782871531739
- Mister Brown; Emmanuel Proust, 2003; ISBN:9782848100142
- Mr Brown; Edito-Service S.A.
- Monsieur Brown; Hachette, 2004; Collection Agatha Christie (28); ISBN:9782846343961
- Les Beresford: Mister Brown; Paquet, 2017; ISBN:9782888908753
De geheime tegenstander
- Blankwaardt & Schoonhoven, 1925; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
- Blankwaardt & Schoonhoven, 1925; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
- Blankwaardt & Schoonhoven, 1925; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
- Meulenhoff's English Library; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
- Sijthoff, 1974; ♦Eric Gellaerts
- Sijthoff, 1963
- Sijthoff, 1963
- Sijthoff, 1975
- Sijthoff, 1960
- Sijthoff, 1974
- Sijthoff, 1981; ISBN:9789021899916
- Sijthoff, 1983
- Luitingh-Sijthoff, 1991; Poema; ISBN:9789024517688
- Claude Lefrancq Editeur, 1996; ISBN:9789071987939
- Sijthoff, 2003; Poema; ISBN:9789024548620
- Sijthoff, 1981; ISBN:9789021899916
Dutch Media Group, 2014; Het Laaste Nievus
- Overamstel Uitgevers, 2015; ISBN:9789048823017
- Dark Dragon Books B.V., 2018; ISBN:9789460789694
- Dark Dragon Books B.V., 2018; ISBN:9789460789687
Ein gefährlicher Gegner
Scherz
- Scherz, 1977
- Scherz, 1983
- Scherz, 1988
- Scherz, 1990
- Scherz, 1995
- Scherz, 1995; ISBN:9783502507956
- Scherz, 1996; ISBN:9783502121183
- Scherz, 1997; ISBN:9783502507956
- Scherz, 2002; ISBN:9783502518716
other publishers
- Kurt Desch, 1959
- Die Mitternachtsbucher, 1967; ♦Sheldon Goldberg
- Bertelsmann, 1988
- Loewe, 1993; ISBN:9783785524374
- Weltbild, 2000
- Hachette, 2008; ISBN:9783455171235
- Fischer, 2008; ISBN:9783596177714
- Atlantik, 2017; ISBN:9783455651355
Northern Europe covers
Den hemlighetsfulle motståndaren
- Wahlström & Widstrand, 1923
- ?; Holger Schildts Förlag, 1941
- Wahlström & Widstrand, 1941
- AB. Lindqvists Förlag, 1952; Triangelböckerna (1)
- Bonniers, 1969; Zebra-bok (251); ♦Per Olaisen
- Bonniers, 1989; Stora Romanklubben; ISBN:9789100501396; ca: Christian Atkinson
- Bookmark, 2015; ISBN:9789188171689; ca: Sara R. Acedo
Den hemmelige modstander
- C. Maylands Bogtrykkeri, 1925
- Carit Andersens(#6), 1968
- Rosenkilde, 2015; ISBN:9788771740318
- Lindhardt og Ringhof (e-bog), 2015; ISBN:9788771744293
Den hemmelige fiende
- Aschehoug, 1988; ISBN:9788203159107
- Aschehoug, 1996
Salainen vastustaja
- WSOY, 1974; ISBN:9789510063897; ca: Ahtiala
- WSOY, 1993; ISBN:9789510189962; ca: Ahtiala
- WSOY, 2013; ISBN:9789510400302
- WSOY, 2023; ePub; ISBN:9789510457924
Með kveðju frá herra Brown
- 1964
Aktsiaselts "Seiklejad" / Salavastane
- Aktsiaselts "Seiklejad"; Jutuleht, 1933
- Salavastane; Eesti Raamat, 1995; ISBN:9789985650387
- Salavastane; Varrak, 2009; ISBN:9789985319765
Slepenais ienaidnieks
- Rija, 1995; ISBN:9789984533209
Southern Europe covers
Avversario segreto
- Salani, 1933; I romanzi della sfinge (#2)
- Mondadori, 1959; I capolavori dei gialli (#132)
- Mondadori, 1981; Oscar Mondadori Gialli (#71); ISBN:9788804401674
- Mondadori, 1994; Oscar Mondadori; ca: Ferenc Pintér; ISBN:9788804397458
- Mondadori, 1995
- Hachette Fascicoli, 2002; I grandi gialli di Agatha Christie
- Mondadori, 2003; Oscar scrittori moderni; ISBN:9788804510048
- RBA, 2008; i classici del mistero (#70)
- Mondadori, 2015; ISBN:9788852066061
- Mondadori, 2020; Oscar moderni; ISBN:9788804728054
- Mondadori, 2015; Oscar junior; ISBN:9788804649083
El misterioso señor Brown / El misterioso Sr. Brown / El misterioso Mr. Brown
El misterioso señor Brown / El misterioso Sr. Brown
- Biblioteca Oro(#338), 1956
- Biblioteca Oro(#153), 1959
- Biblioteca Oro, 1959
- Biblioteca Oro(#153), 1983
- Molino, 1997; ISBN:9788427285026
- Biblioteca Oro(#153), 1987; ISBN:9788427201538
- Molino, 2004; ISBN:9788427298439
- RBA (EPUB, 2013)
- RBA
- Espasa, 2022; Espasa Narrativa; ISBN:9788467066616
El misterioso Mr. Brown
- Booket, 2004; ISBN:9789871144570
- La Nacion, 2007
- Planeta, 2008; ISBN:9789504916154
- Planeta, 2013; ISBN:9789504933311
- Booket Argentina, 2014; ISBN:9789875807525
- Planeta, 2017; ISBN:9789504957959
- Planeta, 2022; ISBN:9786070752216
- Planeta
L'adversari secret
- LA LLAR DEL LLIBRE, 1993; ISBN:9788472795075
- Columna Edicions, 2002; ISBN:9788466402262
O Inimigo Secreto / O Adversário Secreto / O Secreto Adversário / O Adversário Misterioso
O Inimigo Secreto
- Edameris, 1967
- Edameris, 1974
- Record, 1987; ISBN:9788511514643
- Círculo do Livro, 1987; ISBN:9788501012937
- Record, 1997; ISBN:9788501012937
- Record, 1997; ISBN:9788501012937
- Record, 2004; ISBN:9788501012937
- BestBolso, 2009; ISBN:9788577990733
- ASA(#77), 2013; ISBN:9789892324395
- ASA, 2015; ISBN:9789892331454
O Adversário Secreto
- Livros do Brasil, 1953; Colecção Vampiro(#43)
- Grobo Livros, 2014; ISBN:9788525056023
- L&PM Pocket, 2019; ISBN:9788525439086
- L&PM, 2019; ISBN:9788525438607
- Coleção Folha O Melhor de Agatha Christie #8, 2019; ISBN:9788579493690
O Secreto Adversário
- Globo, 1949; Coleção Amarela (138)
O Adversário Misterioso
- Livraria Civilização, 1951
- Livraria Civilização, 1960
Μια σκιά στην ομίχλη / Ο παράξενος αντίπαλος / Ο μυστικός αντίπαλος / Ο αόρατος αντίπαλος / Ίσκιος στην ομίχλη
Μια σκιά στην ομίχλη
- Λυχνάρι(A033), 1988; ISBN:9789605170264
- Λυχνάρι(A033)
- Διόπτρα, 2019; ISBN:9789606054105
Ο παράξενος αντίπαλος / Παράξενος αντίπαλος
- Ερμείας, 1990; ISBN:9789602160367
- Ερμείας; ISBN:9789602160367
Ο μυστικός αντίπαλος
- Ψυχογιός, 2019; ISBN:9786180130409
Ο αόρατος αντίπαλος
- Καλοκάθη, 2000
- Καλοκάθη
Ίσκιος στην ομίχλη
- Λυχνάρι
Tajni neprijatelji
- Narodna knjiga & Politika (Beograd), 2004; ♦Svetlana Andjelic
- BDR Media; ISBN:9788660121433
Tajanstveni protivnik
- Zagrebačka naklada, 2013; ISBN:9789532521529
Eastern Europe covers
Tajemný protivník / Tajemný odpůrce
- Tajemný odpůrce; Českomoravské, 1928
- Knižní klub, 2007; ISBN:9788024211732
- Knižní klub, 2011; ISBN:9788024230092
A titkos ellenfél // A titokzatos ellenfél
- Palladis, 1930
- A titkos ellenfél I; Hungalibri, 1995; Hunga Könyvek; ISBN:9789636950668; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- A titkos ellenfél II; Hungalibri, 1995; Hunga Könyvek; ISBN:9789636950705; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Hungalibri, 1995; Hunga Könyvek; ISBN:9789636950965; ♦Czibóka Tamas
- Európa Könyvkiadó, 2012; ISBN:9789630792738
- Európa Kiadó, 2015; Agatha Christie 125-Sorozat; ISBN:9789634052036
- A titokzatos ellenfél; Helikon Kiadó, 2019; ISBN:9789634792109
Тайният противник
- Абагар, 1995
- Ера(#75), 2017; ISBN:9789543894284
Tajemniczy przeciwnik
- Phantom Press, 1992; ISBN:9788370751371
- Prószyński i S-ka, 1994; Biblioteczka Konesera; ISBN:9788372554970
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2001; Seria z Gawronem; ISBN:9788370238858
- Hachette Polska, 2001; Kolekcja Hachette: Agatha Christie; ISBN:9788371840395
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2009; Agata Christie - Królowa Kryminału; ISBN:9788327150240
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2013; Klasyka Kryminału; ISBN:9788324592968
- Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 2014; Agatha Christie Kolekcja Kryminałów(8); ISBN:9788327151841
- Egmont Polska Sp. z o.o., 2020
Adversarul secret
- Excelsior multi-Press, 1995; ISBN:9789739086288
- Litera, 2018; Agatha Christie Colectie; ISBN:9786063324109
Таємничий суперник
- КСД, 2022; ISBN:9786171298583
Таинственный противник
- *OMNIBUS*
Центрполиграф, 1996; Полное собрание детективных произведений
- *OMNIBUS*
Центрполиграф, 2001; Королева детектива
- АСТ, 2002; ISBN:9785170104543
- АСТ, 2003
- Эксмо, 2008: ISBN:9785699310203
- Эксмо, 2009; ISBN:9785699373369
- Эксмо, 2010
- Эксмо, 2012; Детективный клуб Агаты Кристи; ISBN:9785699609499
- Эксмо, 2010; Pocket book; ISBN:9785699435739
- Эксмо, 2015; Агата Кристи. Серебряная коллекция; ISBN:9785699842810
- Hachette, 2016; Коллекция Агата Кристи
- Эксмо, 2019; Агата Кристи. Любимая коллекция; ISBN:9785041027971
The Secret Adversary
- Менеджер, 2006
Middle East & Asian covers
იდუმალი მოწინააღმდეგე
- პალიტრა L, 2018; ISBN:9789941291661
- პალიტრა L, 2019; ISBN:9789941296567
- პალიტრა L, 2022; ISBN:9789941352270
Gizli Düşman // Meçhul Düşman
- Meçhul Düşman; Ak Kitabevi, 1963
- Meçhul Düşman; Ak Kitabevi, 1980
- Doğan Medya, 1995
- Altın Kitaplar, 2015; ISBN:9789752120143
- Altın Kitaplar; ISBN:9789752120143
- Altın Kitaplar, 2022; ISBN:9789752127487
תעלומת המסמכים הסודיים
- תעלומת המסמכים הסודיים
על ידי מזרחי
العدو الخفي / الوثيقة السرية / الند المجهول / العدو الغامض / القاتل والمقتول / الغريم الخفي
العدو الخفي
- JARIR Reader, 2014
الوثيقة السرية
- مكتبة معروف
العدو الغامض
- دار النجمة
- دار النجمة
الند المجهول
- platinum book
القاتل والمقتول
- دار ميوزيك
2000; ISBN:9789953381176
- دار ميوزيك
- InterPress
- المكتبة الثقافية
1998
الغريم الخفي
- المؤسسة العربية الحديثة
2001
دشمن پنهان / آگهی سری / دشمن مرموز
دشمن پنهان
- Hermes books, A.P.1389; ISBN:9789643636166
- Hermes books, A.P.1399; ISBN:9789643636166
آگهی سری
- Manaketab, A.P.1394; ISBN:97860082999219
دشمن مرموز
- دستان
A.P.1381; ISBN:9789646555174
♦Amir Naghian
(Tamil) ரகசிய எதிரி
- (Tamil) Kannadhasan Pathippagam, 2008; ISBN:9788184025026
ගුප්ත ප්රතිවාදියා
- Sarasavi Publishers, 2012; ISBN:9789556714647; ♦Ralf M.M. Stultiëns
Musuh dalam Selimut
- Gramedia, 1984; ISBN:9789796860210
- Gramedia, 2002; ISBN:9789796860210
- Gramedia, 2012; ISBN:9789792285611
- Gramedia, 2018; ISBN:9789792285611
- Elex Media Komputindo, 2012; ISBN:9786020020501
ศัตรูลับ / แผนพิฆาต
ศัตรูลับ
- บรรณกิจ, 1980(2523)
- น้องใหม่, 1996(2539); ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
- สร้างสรรค์บุ๊คส์, 2006(2549); ISBN:9789743414053; ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
แผนพิฆาต
- ♦Rattanachai Lueangwongngam
Kẻ Thù Bí Mật / Địch thủ bí mật
- Kẻ Thù Bí Mật
- Kẻ Thù Bí Mật; Hội Nhà Văn, 2001
- Địch thủ bí mật;
密敵 / 年輕冒險家 / 年轻冒险家 / 秘密对手 / 暗藏杀机 / 隱身魔鬼 / 布朗先生
密敵
- 林白出版社, 1979
年輕冒險家
- 遠景出版, 1983
- 遠景出版, 1988
- 風雲時代, 1990
- 遠景出版, 1992
年轻冒险家
- 华文出版社(阿嘉莎.克莉丝蒂侦探小说丛书 2), 1990
秘密对手
- 安徽文艺出版社, 1991
暗藏杀机
- 贵州人民出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂作品全集), 1998; ISBN:9787221046956
- 人民文学出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂侦探推理系列), 2008; ISBN:9787020066346
- 新星出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂侦探作品集56), 2018; ISBN:9787513328609
- 辽宁人民出版社, 2018; ISBN:9787205091767
隱身魔鬼
- 遠流出版(克莉絲蒂推理全集), 2003; ISBN:9789573250210
- Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, 2011
布朗先生
- 内蒙古人民出版社(阿加莎·克里斯蒂推理侦探漫画作品), 2010; ISBN:9787204104383
秘密機関 / 秘密組織 // 冒険家クラブ / のろわれた秘密書類
秘密機関
- 早川書房, 1960, 1972(4th); ハヤカワ・ポケット・ミステリ(569)
- 早川書房, 1982, 1994(13th); ハヤカワ・ミステリ文庫(HM1-70); ISBN:9784150700706; ca: Hiroshi Manabe
- 早川書房, 2003; クリスティー文庫(40); ISBN:9784151300479
- 早川書房, 2008; クリスティー・ジュニア・ミステリ; ISBN:9784152089021
- 早川書房, 2008; クリスティー・ジュニア・ミステリ; ISBN:9784152089038
- 早川書房, 2011; クリスティー文庫(40); ISBN:9784151310478
- トミーとタペンスの大冒険：秘密機関; 早川書房, 2020; ハヤカワ・ジュニア・ミステリ; ISBN:9784152099266
秘密組織
- 創元推理文庫, 1971
- 創元推理文庫, 1980(23th)
- 創元推理文庫, 191989(31st); ca: ひらいたかこ
- 創元推理文庫, 2023; ISBN:9784488105518
- 学研, 1962
- 鶴書房盛光社, 1965; ミステリ・ベストセラーズ
- 盛光社, 1965; ジュニア・ミステリ・ブックス(1)
- 盛光社, 1965; ジュニア・ミステリ・ブックス(1)
- あかね書房, 1975; 推理・探偵傑作シリーズ(23)
- 学研, 1969
비밀 결사 / 비밀클럽의 살인사건
비밀 결사
- 해문출판사, 1990; 애거서 크리스티 미스터리(29)
- 해문출판사(팬더추리걸작시리즈 12), 1991; ISBN:9788938201720
- 해문출판사, 1997; ISBN:9788938202291
- 황금가지(애거서 크리스티 전집 33), 2007; ISBN:9788982737336
- 왓북, 2011
- 페이퍼문, 2016; ISBN:9791159120428
- 유페이퍼, 2020
비밀클럽의 살인사건
- 청목사, 1984
- 자유시대사, 1986
- 은광사, 1993