On December 4th, 1926, Agatha Christie, author of the most complex mysteries in fiction, vanished inexplicably.
Her car was found crashed on the Surrey Downs, but there were few clues to be followed.
She had created a national scandal - and a mystery that baffled Britain's best detectives.
Agatha was highly-strung; wary of her growing fame as a writer; and victim of an unhappy marriage to a man who no longer loved her. Was it suicide, murder, abduction - or something infinitely more subtle?
The Secret of Chimneys 
In this ingenious Agatha Christie tale, Anthony Cade, master of intrigue and adventure, is caught up in a mysterious web of assassination, blackmail and double-cross.
Among the clues - or could they be red herrings? —are stolen love letters, a precious manuscript, a revolutionary group called Comrades of the Red Hand, and a fabulous jewel which holds the key to a sinister international conspiracy...