title: The Secret of Chimneys (Agatha Christie Signature Edition)
author:  Agatha Christie 
description: 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. This new "signature edition" is the first to feature Superintendent Battle and "Bundle" Brent.
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  Book 1 of The Cairo Chronicles
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 by K.A FISH  
  All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof  
  may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever  
  without the express written permission of the author and publisher  
  except for the use of brief quotations in a book review
  
  
  Chapter 1
  
  
  The Thunder Machines
  
  
  
  
  
  The Thunder Machines were coming and with them the smoke and fire.
  
  
  The Thunder Machines were coming and that is how it all began.
  
  
  
  
  
  In the darkness of the attic, Great Aunt Florrie sat with her great-niece,
  Agatha, under the moth-eaten canvas that hung suspended from the rafters and
  shaped like a tent. Florrie’s unmistakable hair bun was silhouetted against
  the single candle as she spoke, exhaling a cold cloudy breath into the chill
  of the night air.
  
  
  ‘Shall we play the Thunder-and-Lightning game?’ Florrie whispered; her face
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