The Secret of Chimneys
To My Nephew
in memory of an inscription at compton castle and a day at the zoo
UK
John Lane (The Bodley Head), London, Jun. 1925
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1925

Plot

Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. Someone would stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia.
The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles - until the final murser at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret.

Contents

1. Anthony Cade Signs On • 2. A Lady in Distress • 3. Anxiety in High Places • 4. Introducing a Very Charming Lady • 5. First Night in London • 6. The Gentle Art of Blackmail • 7. Mr McGrath Refuses an Invitation • 8. A Dead Man • 9. Anthony Disposes of a Body • 10. Chimneys • 11. Superintendent Battle Arrives • 12. Anthony Tells His Story • 13. The American Visitor • 14. Mainly Political and and Financial • 15. The French Stranger • 16. Tea in the Schoolroom • 17. A Midnight Adventure • 18. Second Midnight Adventure • 19. Secret History • 20. Battle and Anthony Confer • 21. Mr Issacstein's Suitcase • 22. The Red Signal • 23. Encounter in the Rose Garden • 24. The House at Dover • 25. Tuesday Night at Chimneys • 26. The 13th of October • 27. The 13th of October (contd) • 28. King Victor • 29. Further Explanations • 30. Anthony Signs On for a New Job • 31. Sunday Details

Characters

Anthony Cade • James McGrath • Lord Caterham (the ninth Marquis of Caterham • Clement Edward Alistair Brent) • Lady Eileen "Bundle" Brent • Tredwell • Mademoiselle Genevieve Brun • Count Stylptitch • Prince Michael Obolovitch • Boris Anchoukoff • Baron Lolopretjzyl (Lollipop) • George "Codders" Lomax • Virginia Revel (Hon. Mrs. Timothy Revel • nee Hon. Virginia Cawthron) • Bill Eversleigh • Herman Isaacstein • Mr. Hiram P. Fish • Giuseppe Manuelli • Superintendent Battle • M. Lemoine

Captain Andrassy • Queen Varaga (Countess Varaga Popoffsky) • Sir Abner Willis • Professor Wynward • Walton • Lord Edgbaston • Elise • Miss Oscar • Dorothy "Dolly" Kirkpatrick • Dr. Cartwright • Carlo • Captain O'Neill • Lord Caterham (the eighth Marquis of Caterham • Henry) • Mr. & Mrs. Caldicott • Mr. Lucius Gott • Constable Johnson • Dutch Pedro • Chilvers • Miss Taylor • Nicholas IV • Prince Nicholas Sergius Alexander Ferdinand Obolovitch • Tom Pearse • Insp. Badgworthy • Mrs. Battle • The Comtesses de Breteuil • Dulcie Brent (Guggle) • Daisy Brent (Winkle) • Mr. Holmes • Mr. Balderson • Marcia • Colonel Melrose • Angele Mory • Edward Henry Revel • James Revel • Hon. Mr. Timothy "Tim" Revel • Miss Mary Revel • Mrs. Willis Revel • King Victor • Duke of Perth • Richardson • Lennox Revel • Count Stanislaus • Marchioness of Caterham (the fourth) • Sir Joshua Reynolds • Ed • Bert • Gladys • M. Chelles

Chimneys (play)

Full Length Play / Melodrama / More than 120 minutes
a Play in 3 Acts by Agatha Christie dramatised from her own novel.
Vertigo Mystery Theatre, Calgary, Canada 16 Oct. 2003
[cast] Ron Hartmann(Tredwell), Len Harvey(Monsieur Lemoine), Brian Gromoff(Lord Caterham), Emiily Talia(Lady Eileen Brent(Bundle)), Hal Kerbes(George Lomax), Patrick Creery(Bill Eversleigh), David McNally(Anthony Cade), Stephanie McNamara(Virginia Revel), Peter Skagen(Superintendent Battle), Arnold Dvorkin(Herman Isaacstein), Grant Linneberg(Boris Andrassy)

Films & TV

The Secret of Chimneys, ITV/UK, 2010
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 5

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UK/US covers

John Lane / The Bodley Head

Dodd, Mead and Company / Grosset&Dunlap

Dell Books

Pan Books

Panther Books

Fontana Books / HarperCollins

Berkley Books

other publishers

Samuel French (play)

Western Europe covers

Le secret de Chimneys

French index

Le Masque (#126) 1933

Club des Masques (#218) 1974

Le Livre de Poche (#5490) 1981

other publishers

Het mysterieuze manuscript // Het geheim van de zeven schoorstenen

Dutch index


Die Memoiren des Grafen

German index


Northern Europe covers

Hemligheten på Chimneys

Swedish index


Brevet, der dræbte

Danish index


Brevet som drepte

Norwegian index


Rakkauskirjeiden salaisuus

Finnish index


Leyndarmál Chimney hallar

Icelandic index


Chimneysi saladus

Estonian index


'Skurstenu' noslepums

Lettish index


Čimneizo pilies paslaptis

Lithuanian index


Southern Europe covers

Il segreto di Chimneys

Italian index


El secreto de Chimneys

Spanish index


El secret de Chimneys


O Segredo de Chimneys // O Segrêdo de Chimneys

Portuguese index


Κρυφός αντίπαλος / Το μυστικό του Τσίμνεϊς

Greek index

Κρυφός αντίπαλος


Το μυστικό του Τσίμνεϊς


Тајна Димњака / Tajna dvorca Čimniz

former Yugoslavia index


Tajna Dimnjaka

former Yugoslavia index


Tajna zamka Čimniz

former Yugoslavia index


Eastern Europe covers

Tajemství Chimneys

Czech index


Királyok és kalandorok / Chimneys titka

Hungarian index


Тайната на имението

Bulgarian index


Tajemnica rezydencji Chimneys

Polish index


Secretul de la Chimneys

Romanian index


Тайна замка Чимниз


Тайна Замка Чимниз

Russian index


Middle East & Asian covers

Köşkteki Esrar // Köşkte Cinayet / Chimneys Şatosunun Esrarı / Ocaktaki Esrar

Turkish index


מסתרי היד האדומה

Hebrew index


سر جريمة تشيمنيز / الجريمة الأخيرة

Arabic index

سر جريمة تشيمنيز


الجريمة الأخيرة


اسرار قصر چیمنیز / قضیۀ نامه‌های عاشقانه / راز حبابها / راز کوه نور / معمای چیمنیز / راز قصر ییلاقی / راز قصر چیم نیز

Persian index

قضیۀ نامه‌های عاشقانه


راز حبابها


راز کوه نور


معمای چیمنیز


راز قصر ییلاقی


راز قصر چیم نیز


اسرار قصر چیمنیز


(Tamil) அந்தப் புதையல் எங்கே

South Asia index


ප්‍රභූ මැදුරේ ඝාතනය

South Asia index


Rahasia Chimneys

Indonesian index


คฤหาสน์มฤตยู

Thai index


煙囪的祕密 / 烟囱大厦的秘密 / 名苑猎凶 / 烟囱宅之谜

Chinese index

煙囪的祕密


烟囱大厦的秘密


名苑猎凶


烟囱别墅之谜


烟囱宅之谜


チムニーズ館の秘密 / チムニーズ荘の秘密

Japanese index

チムニーズ館の秘密


チムニーズ荘の秘密


三人の探偵


침니스의 비밀 // 비밀클럽의 살인사건

Korean index