AGATHA CHRISTIE: MYSTERY: THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY (CHAPS 29-30) GEORGE MADDUX'S STRANGE BEHAVIOR and THE SUMMONS

1001 Adventure and Mystery Stories For The Road

Jon Hagadorn

Arts, Fiction

4.7 • 520 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

🎙️ SHOW NOTES — The Seven Dials Mystery,

Chapters 29 & 30

1001 Stories For The Road Podcast

In this episode, we reach the dramatic final turn of Agatha Christie's The Seven Dials Mystery as Chapters 29 and 30 bring the story to its long‑awaited resolution. Christie ties together the threads she has been weaving since Chimneys first filled with guests, secrets, and suspicious behavior — and now the truth finally comes into focus.

These chapters deliver the classic Christie payoff:

Revelations that reframe earlier events
Motives exposed and alliances revealed
The true purpose of the Seven Dials organization brought into the light
And the final unmasking that shows just how cleverly Christie has been playing the long game

Listeners will enjoy the way Christie blends suspense, misdirection, and her trademark dry humor as the mystery reaches its conclusion. The final scenes offer both closure and a wink — a reminder that in Christie's world, nothing is ever quite what it seems.

As always, Jon's narration brings the story to life, capturing the tension, the wit, and the atmosphere of Christie's world with the warmth and pacing that 1001 Stories For The Road listeners have come to love.

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0:00.0	Welcome back.
0:03.0	Welcome back, everyone to 1001 Stories for the Road and the Seven Diles Mystery by Agatha Christie.
0:29.6	Today, chapters 29 and 30. And now, chapter 29, singular behavior of George Lomax.
0:40.5	"'A Mr. Lomax is here, my lord.'
0:43.6	Lord Catterham started violently, for, observed in the intricacies of what not to do with the left
0:48.6	wrist, he had not heard the butler approach over the soft turf. He looked at Treadwell
0:53.5	more in sorrow than in anger.
0:55.9	I told you at breakfast Treadwell, but I should be particularly engaged this morning.
1:01.2	Yes, my lord, but go and tell Mr. Lomax that you've made a mistake, that I'm out in the village,
1:07.0	and I'm laid up with a gout, or if all else fails, that I am dead.
1:12.7	Mr. Lomax, my lord, has already caught sight of your lordship when driving up the drive.
1:18.8	Lord Catterham sighed deeply.
1:22.2	He would.
1:23.7	Very well, Treadwell, I'm coming.
1:26.8	In a manner highly characteristic, Lord Catterham was always most genial when his feelings were in reality the reverse.
1:33.9	He greeted George now with a heartiness quite unparalleled.
1:37.9	My dear fellow, my dear fellow, delighted to see you, absolutely delighted.
1:43.4	Sit down, have a drink. Well, well, this is splendid.
1:48.3	And having pushed George into a large armchair, he sat down opposite him and blinked nervously.
1:54.7	I wanted to see you very particularly, said George. Oh, said Lord Catterham faintly, and his heart sank, whilst his mind raised actively over all the dread
2:06.3	possibilities that might lie behind that simple phrase. Very particularly, with him yet with
2:12.5	heavy emphasis. Lord Catterham's heart sank lower than ever. He felt that something was coming worse than anything he had yet thought of.
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