Detective Fiction
£2,750
New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929.
First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, neatly clipped to corners of inside flaps (probably by publishers).
In this novel, Christie brings back the characters from an earlier novel, The Secret of Chimneys: Lady Eileen (Bundle) Brent, Lord Caterham, Bill Eversleigh, George Lomax, Tredwell and Superintendent Battle. The story of murder and criminal conspiracy was not overly well received by critics, but it remains highly collectable to Christie collectors.