Book Review: The Man in the Brown Suit
Having never read an Agatha Christie book before, I can now say that I am a fan of her writing. What made me a fan? The Man in the Brown Suit. It’s a great book, full of mystery and intrigue, with a VERY surprising twist ending.
In The Man in the Brown Suit, we meet Anne Beddingfeld, the daughter of Professor Beddingfeld, England’s foremost authority on Primitive man. Anne unwittingly gets caught up in a sinister case of murder and intrigue that takes her from England, to the steamship Kilmorgan Castle to the lovely shores of South Africa.
How odd, Anne Beddingfeld thought, that the stranger caught her eye, recoiled in horror, and fell to his death on the rails of Hyde Park Underground Station. Odder still was a doctor in a brown suit who pronounced him dead and vanished into the crowd.
But what really aroused Anne’s suspicion was when she learned of the doctor’s link to the murder of a famous ballerina, a fortune in hidden diamonds, and a crime-lord embroiled in blackmail. And most frightening of all was the attempt made on Anne’s own life.
But she is unable to resist the lure of an isolated mansion that could hold the solution to the bizarre mystery–even if she becomes the next victim…
This is a great mystery book to read, or listen to in audio book form. It is filled with adventure, intrigue, and romance. It has also made me an Agatha Christie fan. You would do yourself a service by reading it as well.
