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You must wait for the last-but-one chapter in the book for the last link in the chain of evidence that enabled Mr. Poirot to unravel the whole complicated plot and lay the guilt where it really belonged. And you may safely make a wager with yourself that until you have heard M. Poirot's final word on the mysterious affair at Styles, you will be kept guessing at its solution and will most certainly never lay down this most entertaining book. And the reviews of Secret Adversary were equally enthusiastic: The Times Literary Supplement in its edition of January 26, 1922 said it was a whirl of thrilling adventures. The characters Tommy and Tuppence were refreshingly original and the identity of the arch-criminal, the elusive Mr Brown, is cleverly concealed to the very end. 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