Book info

• Title The Man in the Brown Suit
• Author Agatha Christie
• Year 1924
• Genre Mystery

Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her—and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electrocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind: '17-122 Kilmorden Castle'?

Thoughts

I didn’t fully enjoy the two perspectives this story was told from, there were so many secretaries and characters that whenever we switched to Sir Eustace, it took me a while to get back into it again. But underneath, it’s a good little story. I find it hard to believe Ms Beddingfield would just jump on a boat like that with the last of her savings, but we’re lucky she did because we get quite the adventure. I liked it when odd little moments popped up, collecting the animals and the size of the giraffe, and then they played a greater part later on. A good story, well told of course!

Rating: 3 / 5