The Seven Dials Mystery
1929 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
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- The Seven Dials Mystery is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 24 January 1929 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.
- The novel received mostly unfavourable reviews at the time of its publication.
- The guest list includes Gerry Wade, Jimmy Thesiger, Ronny Devereux, Bill Eversleigh and Rupert "Pongo" Bateman.
- The next morning, a footman finds Wade dead in his bed, with a sleeping draught on his nightstand.
- It is later found in a hedge.
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WikipediaThe Seven Dials Mystery is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 24 January 1929 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.
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 novel received mostly unfavourable reviews at the time of its publication.
Sir Oswald and Lady Coote host a party at the stately home Chimneys, which they have rented for the season. The guest list includes Gerry Wade, Jimmy Thesiger, Ronny Devereux, Bill Eversleigh and Rupert "Pongo" Bateman. Since Wade has a bad habit of oversleeping, the others play a joke on him by placing eight alarm clocks in his room and timing them to go off at intervals. The next morning, a footman finds Wade dead in his bed, with a sleeping draught on his nightstand. Thesiger notices that one of the eight alarm clocks is missing. It is later found in a hedge.
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