Eager to leave his job as a tour guide in Zimbabwe, international vagabond Anthony Cade meets by chance an old acquaintance who offers him a small sum to dispatch a few errands in England. Ensuing events find Cade at a weekend party at Chimneys, the historic home of Lord Caterham, when a murder occurs. As much a murder mystery as it is a treasure hunt, the tale is chockfull of impersonators, inspectors, riddles, and intrigue. The Secret of Chimneys is a first-class romp and one of Christie’s best early thrillers. Includes a detailed biographical note.
Table des matières
Contents
One. Anthony Cade Signs On
Two. A Lady in Distress
Three. Anxiety in High Places
Four. Introducing a Very Charming Lady
Five. First Night in London
Six. The Gentle Art of Blackmail
Seven. Mr. Mc Grath Refuses an Invitation
Eight. A Dead Man
Nine. Anthony Disposes of a Body
Ten. Chimneys
Eleven. Superintendent Battle Arrives
Twelve. Anthony Tells his Story
Thirteen. The American Visitor
Fourteen. Mainly Political and Financial
Fifteen. The French Stranger
Sixteen. Tea in the Schoolroom
Seventeen. A Midnight Adventure
Eighteen. Second Midnight Adventure
Nineteen. Secret History
Twenty. Battle and Anthony Confer
Twenty-One. Mr. Isaacstein’s Suitcase
Twenty-Two. The Red Signal
Twenty-Three. Encounter in the Rose Garden
Twenty-Four. The House at Dover
Twenty-Five. Tuesday Night at Chimneys
Twenty-Six. The 13th of October
Twenty-Seven. The 13th of October (cont’d)
Twenty-Eight. King Victor
Twenty-Nine. Further Explanations
Thirty. Anthony Signs On for a New Job
Thirty-One. Sundry Details
Agatha Christie
A propos de l’auteur
Agatha Christie is the world’s bestselling mystery writer. The publication of The Mysterious Affair at Styles heralded the arrival of a detective fiction writer of astonishing talent and launched the illustrious career of ‘The Queen of Mystery.’ In The Secret of Chimneys Christie introduces Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard and the spirited ‘it’ girl in the character of Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent, both of whom appear in later stories. Over the course of more than half a century Christie wrote eighty crime novels and short story collections, nineteen plays, and several poetry collections. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in the English language and another billion in a hundred other languages.