![]() ![]() ![]() To begin with, in Zimbabwe, Anthony Cade, a nomadic, restless, adventurous young man is trusted by his friend to take sensitive memoirs of an important Herzoslovakian political figure to a publisher in London, along with incriminating letters written by a woman named Virginia Revel. The Secret of Chimneys is a hodge-podge of locations, crimes, characters, and expected behaviour, with a grande dose of a fictional country and political intrigue thrown into the mix. Being so used to Poirot and Miss Marple, I thought those types of mysteries comprised the majority of her works, but obviously during her earlier career she set sail on a different course and the focus on her two famous sleuths came later. Well, what an extraordinary silly book!! I must say I’ve been somewhat taken aback by the early works of Agatha Christie. Written at: during a trip to South Africa, etc. ![]() Setting: Bulawayo Zimbabwe, London, Chimneys Detective: Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard ![]()
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