



Why? Because it’s not a Miss Marple book at all. And, although Julia McKenzie isn’t my favourite Miss Marple, my feelings don’t run as deep as many Agatha Christie fans who were very upset by this particular adaptation. The perfect setting of a wonderful country house, Chimneys there’s a ball cocktails jewels murder and the usual star-studded cast. The adaptation of The Secret of Chimneys for the Marple series in 2010 could on first inspection be said to have it all, perhaps too much. So if you haven’t done already, please read The Secret of Chimneys and The Seven Dials Mystery before reading on! I would hate to do so and spoil future readers’ enjoyment of the novels. I find it almost impossible to talk meaningfully about individual adaptations without giving away at least something. The Secret of Chimneys was originally published in 1925Īs with all the Adapting Agatha series, I’ll begin with a ***SPOILER ALERT ***.
