The Secret of Chimneys
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The Secret of Chimneys is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in June 1925 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. I
First edition
The Seven Dials Mystery
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The Seven Dials Mystery is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 24 January 1929 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.
The Secret of Chimneys
…preposterous romp ... littered with loose ends, unlikely motivations and unconvincing characters" and regarded Christie's The Man in the Brown Suit and The Seven Dials Mystery "if not more credible, at least far less incredible" than Chimneys. The Blitz Hotel is in part a reference to London's Ritz Hotel, though the location…
Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition
Long Crendon Manor in Buckinghamshire doubled as Chimneys.
Glynde Place in East Sussex doubled as Wyvern Abbey.