Book description
A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to
deliver a parcel to an English country house…
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 murder at Chimneys, the
great country estate that yields up an amazing secret… 'One of the
best of Agatha Christie's early thrillers.' Charles Osborne
'A thick fog of mystery, cross purposes, and romance, which leads up to
a most unexpected and highly satisfactory ending.' Times Literary Supplement
'Here's another capital detective story by Miss Christie, which will
keep the reader guessing until the very end, not only as to the identity
of the arch villain - the murderer - but also that of the hero, Anthony
Cade.' Literary Review Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and
became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first
novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the
First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the
most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is
known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold
over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in
over 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and
short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary
Westmacott.
