Tea with Smithers

Alex Rider #2.10

by Anthony Horowitz

Alex is invited to have tea with Derek Smithers.

Tea with Smithers is a short story published as part of the Secret Weapon short story collection. It is set at some point after Point Blanc.

Genres: Mystery, Espionage, Thriller, Fiction, Adventure

14 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 4, 2019

About the author

Anthony Horowitz, OBE is ranked alongside Enid Blyton and Mark A. Cooper as "The most original and best spy-kids authors of the century." (New York Times). Anthony has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books, he is also the writer and creator of award winning detective series Foyle’s War, and more recently event drama Collision, among his other television works he has written episodes for Poirot, Murder in Mind, Midsomer Murders and Murder Most Horrid. Anthony became patron to East Anglia Children’s Hospices in 2009.

On 19 January 2011, the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle announced that Horowitz was to be the writer of a new Sherlock Holmes novel, the first such effort to receive an official endorsement from them and to be entitled the House of Silk.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/anthon...

Reviews

[Luke · Rating 3 out of 5]

As short stories go i wouldn't say it's bad, it's actually quite interesting, but definitely filla for the next story. This short story flushed out backstory of Mr Smithers the man who makes all of Alexs Tech thing Q but for this world! It's short, interesting, i guess i just hoped for maybe a little more about the gadgets and maybe hints to what he could he making for the next books but as spies go most things are kept secret until they are relevant so we will see what he comes up with in the 3rd book!

[Mella · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay that was odd. Alex has tea with Smithers and is challenged to find his latest invention. It's a hologram Smithers. Plus we get to learn more about why Smithers joined M16 - he's grandfather was a Special Operations Executive creating gadgets and weapons for WWII. This was a very short interlude told in first person and like most of the rest of the collection, set after Point Blanc. It was pretty random but interesting I guess. 2 stars.

[Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

SMITHERS!!! my fav plot twist hahaha... shouldve seen it coming...

"Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.”

I'm not sure I truly understand... figuratively....but in this case it was literal.

I also love his house argh. Being a gadget designer must be so cool !! or being friends with one.... or not...

[curtis :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75* fun to read about smithers’ past + his cool gadgets and it was different/interesting reading from Alex in first person but kinda mundane

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cracking little short story featuring two of my favourite characters (Smithers and Alex Rider). Highly entertaining, lighthearted fun.

[Rubi · Rating 5 out of 5]

An actual SHORT story! Haha
An amusing story about Smithers getting a good laugh at Alex's expense lol

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely little read with a slightly hilarious ending!

[Ranee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting back story on Smithers and one of his latest adventures but not a full on Alex adventure

[Kayla Squire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read as part of Alex Rider Secret Weapon. See that review

[Lucas Jackson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This AR short story was only twelve pages long! It was quite good, but the only “gadget” that was in there was the Smithers hologram.

[Olivia Olson · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was okay