This is maybe the fourth time I've read The Secret of Chimneys. It's not a top tier Christie - first of all, it really isn't a puzzle mystery. It straddles the line between straight mystery and thriller. The clues are obscure, sometimes to the point of impenetrability, Christie hasn't mastered eithe...
This took awhile for me to get into as there were so many characters that I had a bit of a hard time keeping them straight in my head. Once I managed to finally get a handle on who everyone was, I enjoyed it a lot more. My favorite characters were Anthony, Virginia, Bundle, and Lord Caterham. Hugh...
I must have had a pretty good day two years ago, because I gave this book a 3,5 star rating the first time around (you can read my review here). Back then I already had the impression that the plot is incredibly convoluted and now that I have relistened to the book on audio, only one word comes ...
(Original Review, 1981-01-10)By the time she died, few people probably remembered the casual Antisemitism of Agatha Christie's early books (try “The Secret of Chimneys”); the prejudice had ceased to be fashionable, and she'd stopped expressing it. Chesterton's antisemitism was deeper, and maybe he'd...
This is one of Christie’s earlier works, first published in 1925. It’s got pretty much everything: blackmail, a missing diamond, political intrigue, master criminals, secret passages, murder, kidnapping—everything. The plot is convoluted, ridiculous, and some threads are left dangling. It’s also utt...
I really enjoyed reading The Secret of Chimneys, eventhough the plot is incredibly convoluted and the racism, expecially in the beginning of the book, is staggering. There are political intrigues, killed monarchs, a mysterious manuscript, a jewel thief mastermind, international affairs and the big c...
You’ve already had the chance to read Obsidian’s thoughts on this Agatha Christie mystery. As she was reading, it was pretty clear to me that she wasn’t loving it, which caused me to try to reach back into my past to the first time I read this book. Because this is one of my favorite Agatha Christ...
I can honestly say that I will probably never re-read this book in the future. It was honestly a trial to get through. The first 50 or so pages made no sense and then things get a bit smoother when Superintendent Battle arrives on the scene. But honestly, he is not even needed in this story since on...
I got thoroughly lost in this one, and not the sort of lost that is enjoyable. Published in 1925, this is one of the early ones of Christie's stories and includes political intrigue, jewel theft, blackmail, and the odd obligatory murder. There are several issues with the plot, which is so thick...
bookshelves: mystery-thriller, autumn-2010, published-1925 Read from September 16 to 17, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** Unabridged and read by Hugh Fraser. 7 hours 51 mins duration. 7 CD'sThis 1925 novel begins in Africa with the chance meeting of two old friends, young men out to see the world. As th...
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