Part 1: The Seven Dials Mystery is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on January 24, 1929 Around the time Christie wrote this book she commented: “I was gaining confidence over my writing now. I felt that I would have no difficulty in producing a book every year, and possibly a few short stories as well.” This book is often seen as a sequel to The Secret of Chimneys as it contains several of the same characters. Storyline: When a practical joke involving eight alarm clocks turns into murder, the case is taken up by Bundle Brent and Jimmy Thesiger. With the help of Bill Eversleigh they discover that the Seven Dials Club is not only a nightclub but also the headquarters of a Secret Society. To track down the murderer Bundle must first decide just which side the members of the Society are on … The TV Film production of ‘The Seven Dials Mystery’ was adapted by London Weekend Television as a 140-minute drama and transmitted on Sunday, March 8, 1981. The same team as ‘Why Didn’t They Ask Evens’ of Pat Sandys, Tony Wharmby and Jack Williams worked on the production which again starred John Gielgud and James Warwick. Cheryl Campbell also starred as “Bundle” Brent. The production was extremely faithful to the book with no major deviations to the plot or characters. This second success of adapting an Agatha Christie book led to the same company commissioning The Secret Adversary and Agatha Christie’s Partners in …