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The Secret Adversary full cast audiobook

by Agatha Christie · Tommy and Tuppence, Book 1

Released 4 October 2026 · Updated 4 October 2026 · 7h 46m · 38 voices

The story (no spoilers)

Tuppence Cowley, a demobbed war nurse with no money and a clergyman's house waiting for her return, bumps into old friend Tommy Beresford in postwar London and proposes a gamble. The two penniless young people place an advertisement offering their services as The Young Adventurers, Ltd., willing to do anything and go anywhere for pay. They expect a lark. What they get is a job from a stranger who wants them to vanish, and a name they have both overheard in passing: Jane Finn. It belongs to a young American woman who disappeared after the sinking of the Lusitania, and some very powerful people are hunting for her and for the secret papers she may have carried. As the pair follow the trail from London drawing rooms to dangerous addresses, an American millionaire joins the search, a society beauty keeps her own counsel, and a hidden leader known only as Mr. Brown always seems one step ahead. The Young Adventurers are about to learn what the job really costs.

The cast

14 speaking roles are listed; walk-on parts are not. Each voice was designed, or chosen from our library of designed voices, to fit how the book describes the character, and it stays with them from the first chapter to the last. Portraits are illustrated impressions of each character.

Tuppence
Female, about twenty-two years old, an English archdeacon's daughter and former wartime nurse living in London in 1920, middle-class and out of work. She has a clear, educated Home Counties English accent. Her voice is a light, bright mezzo-soprano, small and youthful, which can rise to a squeal. She speaks in quick, breezy, chatty bursts, teasing and confident, bold, quick-witted and cheerfully determined.
Tommy Beresford
Male, about twenty-seven years old, an English demobbed ex-soldier living in London in 1920, a genteel but penniless middle-class young man. He speaks with a relaxed upper-middle-class English accent, officer-class and slangy. His voice is a medium, pleasant, slightly nasal baritone, easy and youthful. He speaks at a casual, lazy pace with flippant humour, friendly, unflappable and good-natured.
Julius Hersheimmer
Male, about thirty-five years old, a wealthy American millionaire's son visiting London in 1920, a self-made hustler. He has a General American accent with a brisk New York flavour. His voice is a strong, clear baritone, lean and energetic. He speaks fast and emphatically, with slangy idiom, and can bang out words forcefully. Brash, free and easy, restless and eager, occasionally anxious.
Sir James Peel Edgerton
Male, about fifty-two years old, a famous English barrister and King's Counsel in London in 1920, wealthy upper-class. He speaks in polished, upper-class received pronunciation. His voice is a smooth, resonant, mid-low baritone, controlled and precise. He speaks measured and unhurried, sometimes short and keen-edged. Kindly and shrewd, gravely courteous, with dry humour and watchful, probing patience.
Mr. Carter
Male, about sixty-two years old, a senior English intelligence official working quietly in London in 1920, upper-class and long in public service. He has a soft, old-fashioned upper-class English accent. His voice is a dry, light, slightly husky baritone, worn with age. He speaks slowly and quietly, with weary pauses. Tired, kindly and gently persuasive, courteous and quietly watchful.
Mrs. Vandemeyer
Female, about thirty-six years old, a glamorous, wealthy society hostess in London in 1920, upper-class with a shadowy past. She has a cultured, drawling upper-class English accent. Her voice is a low, smooth, silky contralto with a slight huskiness. She speaks slowly and softly, almost purring, sometimes dropping to a whisper. Catlike, imperious, soft and dangerous, with cool composure.
Jane Finn
Female, about twenty-one years old, a young American woman in London in 1920, middle-class, recovering from lost memory after the war. She has a gentle General American accent with a small-town flavour. Her voice is a soft, slightly thin, light soprano that rises a little when she is stressed. She speaks hesitantly at a slow, careful pace. Grave, steadfast, uneasy and fragile, though earnest.
Whittington
Male, about forty-seven years old, a large, clean-shaven, sleek businessman and secret villain in London in 1920, prosperous middle-class. He has a smooth, slightly common London accent polished with false gentility. His voice is a heavy, gruff bass-baritone with a thick, jowly growl. He speaks at an easy, oily pace, dropping to a steely low voice. Genial on the surface, cunning and menacing underneath.
Albert
Male, about fourteen years old, a London page-boy in 1920, working-class and detective-story mad. He speaks with a broad Cockney accent, dropping his aitches. His voice is a high, slightly cracking boyish tenor, thin and light. He speaks in breathless, eager rushes, excitable, shy and delighted.
Kramenin
Male, about fifty-two years old, a Russian revolutionary leader staying in a London hotel in 1920, upper-class and educated. He speaks English with a soft Russian accent and sibilant s sounds. His voice is a soft, light, sibilant tenor that turns high when frightened. He speaks slowly and silkily, contemptuous, curious and secretly cowardly.
Dr. Hall
Male, about fifty-six years old, a small, talkative English doctor in practice in London in 1920, comfortable middle-class. He speaks with a mild educated English accent, slightly fussy. His voice is a light, dry tenor, rather high and reedy. He speaks fast and volubly, trailing on and rising at the ends of phrases, though quietly. Polite, mildly enthusiastic, obliging and amiable.
Annette
Female, about seventeen years old, a French servant girl in a sinister London house in 1920, working-class. She speaks English with a clear French accent. Her voice is a clear, high, light soprano, youthful. She speaks quickly and softly, hesitant, frightened and secretive.
Boris
Male, about forty-two years old, a Russian conspirator living in London in 1920, middle-class and sinister. He speaks English with a thick Russian accent. His voice is a low, rough, sinister baritone with a snarl. He speaks slowly with weighted pauses, sceptical, menacing and sardonic.
Conrad
Male, about forty-eight years old, a surly doorkeeper and house tenant guarding prisoners in London in 1920, working-class with a German background. He speaks with a rough, gutter London accent with a faint German edge. His voice is a gruff, coarse, growling baritone, thick and sullen. He speaks in slow, grudging snarls, cross-grained and threatening.

Chapters

29 chapter markers; each link opens the video on YouTube at that point.

Series

Book 1 in Tommy and Tuppence. 2 released so far.

Next: Partners in Crime (Book 2)

About this recording

Narrator: Vera Wynn, our house narrator voice
Runtime: 7h 46m (complete and unabridged)
Voices: 38
Channel: Full Cast Audiobooks on YouTube
Released: 4 October 2026
Updated: 4 October 2026
Author: Agatha Christie
First published: 1922
Kind: novel
Source edition: Project Gutenberg eBook #1155
Public domain (US): The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie is in the public domain in the United States; text from Project Gutenberg.