The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)

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alternate cover edition for 330102427The newly orphaned Anne Beddingfield came to London expecting excitement She didn t expect to find it on the platform of Hyde Park Corner tube station When a fellow passenger pitches onto the rails and is electrocuted, the doctor on the scene seems intent on searching the victim rather than examining himArmed with a single clue, Anne finds herself struggling to unmask a faceless killer known only as The Colonel while The Colonel struggles to eliminate her Read The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1) by Agatha Christie – kino-fada.fr The Man in the Brown Suit Colonel Race 1 , Agatha ChristieThe Man in the Brown Suit is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by The Bodley Head on 22 August 1924 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year Orphan Anne Beddingfeld, in search of adventure, follows the clue in a note from the pocket of a murder victim Her journey takes her on an ocean voyage from London to Africa, and finally to a lost island, on the trail of stolen diamond The M... It is really a hard life Men will not be nice to you if you are not good looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.My first encounter with Agathie Christie s work was not a disappointment although, perhaps, it is not one of her most popular books, it was certainly an enjoyable entry into this genre Think Africa and diamonds and adventure and mystery welcome to The Man in The Brown Suit What I liked The fact that it was set in South Africa Everybody s heard the famous say It is really a hard life Men will not be nice to you if you are not good looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.My first encounter with Agathie Christie s work was not a disappointment although, perhaps, it is not one of her most popular books, it was certainly an enjoyable entry into this genre Think Africa and diamonds and adventure and mystery welcome to The Man in The Brown Suit What I liked The fact that it was set in South Africa Everybody s heard the famous saying that books allow the mind to travel and see what the eyes would normally not be able to The hot, African climate and culture were huge assets of this book, creating a very intriguing backdrop to this mystery novel, and although some color connotations of the word murder mystery might be black and grey, maybe darker bro...Before there was Miss Jane Marple and very shortly after the birth of Hercule Poirot, there was Anne Beddingfield, the plucky heroine of The Man in the Brown Suit Dame Agatha Christie included Hercule Poirot in 45 books and Miss Jane Marple inthan a dozen Even Tommy and Tuppence Beresford appear in four novels and a collection of short stories But Jane Beddingfield appears only in The Man in the Brown Suit although another character in this novel, the debonair Colonel Race, went on to Before there was Miss Jane Marple and very shortly after the birth of Hercule Poirot, there was Anne Beddingfield, the plucky heroine of The Man in the Brown Suit Dame Agatha Christie included Hercule Poiro...A great read As always, Christie is a master of the crime detective genre, managing to make this a fun and exciting romp without decreasing any of the mystery and sense of the sinister All of the characters had their own charms, but Colonel Race really made the book, even though he seemed to stay in the backdrop a lot of the time I must say I felt rather sorry for his lack of luck with Anne, but I m looking forward to revisiting his character in the later books Anne, although not the most li A great read As always, Christie is a master of the crime detective genre, managing to make this a fun and exciting romp without decreasing any of the mystery and sense of the sinister All of the characters had their own charms, but Colonel Race really made the book, even though he seemed to stay in the backdrop a lot of the time I must say I felt rather sorry for his lack of luck with Anne, but I m looking forward to revisiting his character in the later books Anne, although not the most likeable heroine, is spunky and fearless, and her romance with Harry is one of the highlights of this book There s always something attractive about a brave and pretty young lady on an adventure falling in love with a handsome, rugged young man who s been framed for murder Christie turns this tired old cliche into something that holds your interest and makes you want to t...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Sir Eustace Pedler, M.P.4.5I had the firm conviction that, if I went about looking for adventure, adventure would meet me halfway It is a theory of mine that one always gets what one wantsThe Man in the Brown Suit, or Anna the Adventurous, was published as a serial in 1923, and is completely over the top Instead of our usual detective story, we have a thriller, involving an international crime organisation with a secret arch villain at its head, although there is of course murder and mystery All starts with ou 4.5I had th...My first Christie without Poirot or Marple and I still enjoyed it, much to my surprise Anne was a feisty, independent minded protagonist She was a bit of an insta detective though A good range of supporting characte...Sometimes it s easy to get distracted reading Agatha Christie You get used to the idea that she s the creator of Poirot, of Marple, even of Tommy and Tuppence Those characters can almost becomeimportant than the novel itself, and when you read a Christie that doesn t have the distraction of a famous detective creation you can be surprised by just how good Christie can be To be fair, those other novels with Poirot in are pretty good too but this one struck me that I was just enjoyingTh Sometimes it s easy to get distracted reading Agatha Christie You get used to the idea that she s the creator of Poirot, of Marple, even of Tommy and Tuppence Those characters can almost becomeimportant than the novel itself, and when you read a Christie that doesn t have the distraction of a famous detective creation you can be surprised by just how good Christie can be To be fair, those other novels with Poirot in are pretty good too but this one struck me that I was just enjoyingThe Man in the Brown Suiton it s own single novel merits than with say a Poirot where I m in part enjoying revisiting the characters she s created.Anne Beddingfield is a woman of spirit When she witnesses a man falling in front of a tra...Forget the mystery, forget the complex scheme hatched by a mysterious criminal mastermind, Agatha Christie s The Man in the Brown Suit is really a spoof Written in 1924 it has the suspense serial, the kind with feisty, flapper heroines at their centre, directly in its sights But hang on, it sthan that this was actually written in serialised form as Anne the Adventuress and so right from the off it is both satirising the over the top adventure story whilst wholeheartedly being one.We Forget the mystery, forget the complex scheme hatched by a mysterious criminal mastermind, Agatha Christie s The Man in the Brown Suit is really a spoof Written in 1924 it has the suspense serial, the kind with feisty, flapper heroines at their centre, directly in its sights But hang on, it sthan that this was actually written in serialised form as Anne the Adventuress and so right from the off it is both satirising the over the top adventure story whilst wholeheartedly be...This is one of Agatha Christie s best stand alone novels part mystery, part thriller and part espionage story which takes us from a London tube station to revolution in Africa It begins with Anne Beddingfeld, the daughter of a professor who longs for adventure She spends her day trying to placate creditors and longing to step out with a young man When her father dies, she takes an opportunity to go to London, where, quite by chance, she witnesses the death of a young man at a tube stati This is one of Agatha Christie s best stand alone novels part mystery, part thriller and part espionage story which takes us from a London tube station to revolution in Africa It begins with Anne Beddingfeld, the daughter of a professor who longs for adventure She spends her day trying to placate creditors and longing to step out with a young man When her father dies, she takes an opportunity to go to London, where, quite by chanc...

The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)
  • English
  • 20 September 2017
  • Paperback
  • 381 pages
  • 0007151667
  • Agatha Christie
  • The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1)