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Description edit
A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when he accepts a messenger job from an old friend. It sounds so simple: deliver the provocative memoirs of a recently deceased European count to a London publisher. But the parcel holds more than... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Anthony Cade: a simple lively albiet subtle personality... as the story unfolds, his hidden past is revealed!
First Sentence edit
-Gentleman Joe! -Why if it isn’t old Jimmy McGrath!
Table of Contents edit
I. Anthony Cade Signs On
II. a Lady in Distress
III. Anxiety in High Places
IV. Introducing a Very Charming Lady
V. First Night in London
VI. The Gentle Art of Blackmail
VII. Mr. McGrath Refuses an Invitation
VIII. A Dead Man
IX. Anthony Disposes of a Body
X. Chimneys
XI. Superintendent Battle Arrives
XII. Anthony Tells His Story
XIII. The American Visitor
XIV. Mainly Political and Financial
XV. The French Stranger
XVI. Tea in the Schoolroom
XVII. A Midnight Adventure
XVIII. Second Midnight Adventure
XIX. Secret History
XX. Battle and Anthony Confer
XXI. Mr. Isaacstein's Suit-case
XXII. The Red Signal
XXIII. Encounter in the Rose Garden
XXIV. The House at Dover
XXV. Tuesday Night at Chimneys
XXVI. The 13th of October
XXVII. The 13th of October (cont.)
XXVIII. King Victor
XXIX. Further Explanations
XXX. Anthony Signs On for a New Job
XXXI. Sundry Details
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in Superintendent Battle. (standard series)
Followed by The Seven Dials Mystery.
This is book 33 of 74 in Agatha Christie - Luitingh-Sijthoff pockets. (edition-based publisher list)
Preceded by Crooked House, and followed by Three Act Tragedy.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Agatha Christie (Author)
Other Contributors:
- H. Tromp (Translator) - Dutch translation of 'The Secret of Chimneys'
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bodley Head
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1925
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 306
Publisher: Bodley Head
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1925
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 306
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823
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Movie Connections edit
- Marple: The Secret of Chimneys (2010) (IMDb): Starring Julia McKenzie as Miss Jane Marple
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