The Secret of Chimneys

First published in 1925 and in Pan books in 1956, There were nine further printings between 1957 and 1962. This edition was the eleventh printing in 1963.

The cover art is signed 'w francis phillipps'

Stolen letters, a foreign envoy shot at one of England's historic houses; detectives British, French, American; secret passages, a fabulous jewel, a mysterious rose emblem,; an organisation called the Comrades of the Red Hand; an international jewel thief - could anyone want more ingredients for a light-hearted thriller?