The Secret of Chimneys

The young Anthony Cade takes what should be a simple job: deliver a manuscript for a friend. But the memoirs of a deposed Balkan count are more dangerous than they appear. When Anthony arrives in the tiny nation of Herzoslovakia, he finds himself hunted by assassins, entangled in a royal succession crisis, and racing against a conspiracy that stretches from London to the Balkans. Someone is willing to kill for the secrets in those pages. Someone is using the name 'King Victor' to coordinate something far larger than blackmail. And Anthony, no detective but simply a man in the wrong place with the right instincts, must untangle it all before the body count rises. Christie weaves political thriller into classic puzzle here, and nothing is quite what it seems: not the friendly strangers, not the noble causes, not even the monarchy itself.