Show Notes
It's a meeting of the Agatha Christie podcasts! Host of "All about Agatha" Kemper Donovan joins Rebecca Thandi Norman to discuss one of thelr least favorite books: The Secret of Chimneys. This is the second lowest-rated book on Kemper's podcast, so they're revisiting it to ask, is it really that bad? Turns out: kind of! Find out what both Kemper and Rebecca really think of this book, and why they're committed to reading the Agatha Christie books that they don't like. Kemper also discusses his own work and the joy of being part of the Agatha Christie community worldwide.
**Please note that parts of this episode have a slight echo. We apologise for this!
Listen to "All about Agatha" Second Secret of Chimney's Episode (sister episode to this podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/all-about-agatha-christie/id1155061645?i=1000596997169
Original Secret of Chimney's Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/all-about-agatha-christie/id1155061645?i=1000378208332
Next episode's book is The Body in the Library: https://bookshop.org/a/87919/9780063214019
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