The Man in the Brown Suit

While at Hyde Park Corner tube station, Anne Beddingfeld sees a man electrocuted after apparently losing his balance and falling onto the rails. A man in a brown suit examines the lifeless body and makes a hasty exit, inadvertently leaving a cryptic note. What is the significance of “17.122 Kilmorden Castle” and who is the man in the brown suit? Ruled an accidental death by Scotland Yard, Anne is not convinced. Her spirited quest to unravel the mystery leads her aboard a South Africa-bound ocean liner and into the murky world of nefarious diamond thieves and other dubious characters.

Part murder mystery and part international crime thriller, this clever, labyrinthine tale entertains at every turn. This Warbler Classics edition includes a detailed biographical note.

Agatha Christie is the world’s bestselling mystery writer. Over the course of more than half a century “The Queen of Mystery” wrote eighty crime novels and short story collections, nineteen plays, and several poetry collections. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in the English language and another billion in a hundred other languages.

“The book, like all Miss Christie’s work, is written with spirit and humour.” —The Observer

Agatha Christie is the world's bestselling mystery writer. Over the course of more than half a century "The Queen of Mystery" wrote eighty crime novels and short story collections, nineteen plays, and several poetry collections. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in the English language and another billion in a hundred other languages.