"The Secret of Chimneys" by Agatha Christie is a public domain work, for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Cover design by Erin Lovett, inspired by the iconic Penguin Classics "Descriptions of characters use the terminology of the times in which it was written, and might be considered racist decades later." (Wikipedia) "It has to be said that this book is absolutely riddled with racist, colonialist, and anti-Semitic sentiment" (Geraldine on Goodreads) 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." (From ) Someone would stop at nothing to prevent the monarchy being restored in faraway Herzoslovakia. Little did Anthony Cade suspect that a simple errand on behalf of a friend would make him the centrepiece of a murderous international conspiracy. "A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country house. The Secret of Chimneys is the first completed volume of this series.
The result is a literary experience containing all the unmatched cleverness and humor of Dame Christie, and none of the bits that make you feel like you're talking to Great Uncle Fred who feels it necessary to tell you the race of every person in the story about his last trip to the gas station. "Agatha Christie (But Not Racist)" is a modernized collection of all your beloved favorites from legendary mystery author Dame Agatha Christie, but with all the racism (and as much sexism as we could manage without entirely re-writing every female character) painstakingly redacted by our editors.
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