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Title: The Secret of Chimneys

Note: Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: Mark C. Orton, Shaun Mudd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net

Summary: "The Secret of Chimneys" by Agatha Christie is a suspenseful detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces the charming Anthony Cade, who finds himself embroiled in a web of intrigue involving royal secrets and political machinations in a fictional Balkan nation known as Herzoslovakia. As he sets off on a journey to deliver a manuscript of memoirs, he stumbles into a world of blackmail, missing persons, and a potential restoration of a monarchy. At the start of the novel, we meet Anthony Cade while he is working as a tour guide in Africa, where he encounters an old friend, Jimmy McGrath. After a light-hearted exchange, McGrath reveals a plan that involves the delivery of Count Stylptitch's memoirs to a publisher in London, which promises a reward of a thousand pounds. Intrigued, Anthony agrees to take on the task, unaware of the dangerous implications, including confrontation with various factions, including a mysterious former royal and potential assassins. The opening sets the stage for a captivating interplay of romance, adventure, and the classic whodunit elements that Agatha Christie is known for. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976

EBook No.: 65238

Published: May 3, 2021

Downloads: 1160

Language: English

Subject: Detective and mystery stories

Subject: Police -- England -- Fiction

Subject: Battle, Superintendent (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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2024-11-08T15:32:46Z The Secret of Chimneys

This edition has images.

Title: The Secret of Chimneys

Note: Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: Mark C. Orton, Shaun Mudd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net

Summary: "The Secret of Chimneys" by Agatha Christie is a suspenseful detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story introduces the charming Anthony Cade, who finds himself embroiled in a web of intrigue involving royal secrets and political machinations in a fictional Balkan nation known as Herzoslovakia. As he sets off on a journey to deliver a manuscript of memoirs, he stumbles into a world of blackmail, missing persons, and a potential restoration of a monarchy. At the start of the novel, we meet Anthony Cade while he is working as a tour guide in Africa, where he encounters an old friend, Jimmy McGrath. After a light-hearted exchange, McGrath reveals a plan that involves the delivery of Count Stylptitch's memoirs to a publisher in London, which promises a reward of a thousand pounds. Intrigued, Anthony agrees to take on the task, unaware of the dangerous implications, including confrontation with various factions, including a mysterious former royal and potential assassins. The opening sets the stage for a captivating interplay of romance, adventure, and the classic whodunit elements that Agatha Christie is known for. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976

EBook No.: 65238

Published: May 3, 2021

Downloads: 1160

Language: English

Subject: Detective and mystery stories

Subject: Police -- England -- Fiction

Subject: Battle, Superintendent (Fictitious character) -- Fiction

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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