Thursday, September 8, 2016

The Man in the Brown Suit

Author: Agatha Christie
Stars: 5
Review by: Mandy Apgar


When the archeologist / paleontologist father of Anne Beddingfield dies she is left with not only sorting out his debts but also the realization that she has no idea how to make her living. Not too many jobs are open for young women who can tell apart paleolithic implements. Anne runs afoul of a man the press entitle The Man in the Brown Suit, a shady character connected with several deaths in the area. Having a knack for writing thanks to handling her father's papers, and coming into a small amount of money, Anne spends the lot on a cruise ticket - the reason being that she believes the Man is also on it and intends to find him, all the while sending in newspaper articles to an eager area editor. Her tenaciousness gets her into trouble while in Africa but fortunately she has her brains, an unlikely friend in the guise of an over eager society dame, and the aforementioned Man to rely on (who, as it turns out, is not the bad guy after all and is merely following a much bigger personage himself).
 

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