The Seven Dials Mystery

The country mansion Chimneys, the setting of Christie’s earlier novel The Secret of Chimneys , has been rented out by Lord and Lady Coote, who are hosting a weekend party. One of the guests, Gerry Wade, has a habit of oversleeping, so his friends decide to play a prank on him by surrounding his bed with eight alarm clocks. Naturally, the next morning he is found murdered in his bed, with one of the alarm clocks missing—leaving only seven dials in his bedroom. Eileen “Bundle” Caterham, the daughter of the owner of Chimneys and one of the characters in The Secret of Chimneys , joins Superintend