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The Secret of Chimneys
Agatha Christie · 1925 · Mystery & Detective, Crime & Thriller
The adventurer Anthony Cade takes on one simple errand and is swept into blackmail, a stolen diamond, Balkan intrigue and murder at the great English house of Chimneys — with the imperturbable Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard quietly on the trail.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 18 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The World of The Secret of Chimneys
The Council ChamberThe panelled room with the long windows to the terrace — scene of the midnight crime, and of Superintendent Battle's patient reconstruction.
A Map of Connections
The Characters of The Secret of Chimneys
Anthony Cade
Virginia Revel
Anthony Cade Signs On
The House Party at Chimneys
This edition
- Title
- The Secret of Chimneys
- Author
- Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
- First published
- 1925
- Illustrated plates
- 40 original artworks · 18 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 31 · about 74,957 words
- Reading time
- 5 h
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #65238
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