The Secret of Chimneys is a work of detective fiction by 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. It introduces the characters of Superintendent Battle and Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent. Anthony Cade takes an offer to bring a manuscript of Count Stylptitch’s memoir to a publisher in London. He is also trusted with love letters signed by ‘Virginia Revel.’ The only key as to whom she might be is the word ‘Chimneys’ in one of the letters. Things go smoothly in his voyage from South Africa up to his arrival in the British capital. Within forty-eight hours he is encountered with three peculiar men; two want him to die for the memoir’s sake. He deduces then it is worth much more than the messenger fee. To his dismay, one of the men manages to have stolen the valuable letters. Meanwhile, Clement Brent must bend to George Lomax’s wish for a shooting party at the stately home he has inherited upon the death of his brother – Chimneys. When one of the distinguished guests. Prince Michael of Herzoslovakia is shot dead, Brent, now the Marquis of Caterham, is dumbfounded. Moreover, Cade turns up the next morning to explain his presence on the Chimneys' grounds on the night of the murder. You can listen online to free English audiobook “The Secret of Chimneys” by Agatha Christie on our website.
