The Man in the Brown Suit

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I always find it interesting how books "drop in our laps", meaning how a book is choosen over others to be read next. Enough of that... Bland-Name Product: Anne likes to go to the movies to see Film Serial The Perils of Pamela—which of course is The Perils of Pauline.

Dining with the Christies before the trip, Belcher had suggested setting a mystery novel in his home, the Mill House at Dorney and naming the book The Mystery of the Mill House; and had insisted on being in it as well. He is the inspiration for the central character Sir Eustace Pedler, having been given a title at Archie's suggestion. [8] The Mill House also makes an appearance, albeit located in Marlow.Anne realizes the 'doctor' did not examine the dead man in an appropriate manner and gets suspicious. After fruitless investigations at Mill House where she finds an undeveloped canister of film, Anne finds out that Kilmorden Castle is the name of a boat sailing on 17 January 1922 from Southampton to Cape Town. She books a passage on it.

The book was adapted by Alan Shayne Productions in association with Warner Brothers Television as TV movie in 1988. The adaptation is set in a more contemporary era than the 1920s and many details are changed as a result. The actual mystery and murderer. Don't threat, I won't spoil the ending for you, but let me just point out, that it was extremely well thought out (cheeky little rhyme there), and nothing is as it seems to be. Red Herring: Anne finds a roll of Kodak film in a cabinet in the room where Nadina was strangled. Excited, she takes it to be developed—and is told that it's unexposed film. Because, obviously, it was written by a smart successful woman who was living in the 1920s. There's sarcasm and inward eye-rolling when she is underestimated, but there's also a conventional mindset that marks her as a woman of her time.

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Over the last few years, I've been on a quest to read (or reread) all of Agatha Christie's books. So it was with horror that I realized it's been over a year since I've read a book of hers! Obviously, I had to rectify the situation posthaste.

The Man in the Brown Suit was released by HarperCollins as a graphic novel adaptation on 16 July 2007, and, on 3 December 2007 was adapted by Hughot and illustrated by Bairi ( ISBN 0-00-725062-2). This was translated from the edition first published in France by Emmanuel Proust éditions in 2005 under the title of L'Homme au complet marron. This was my first time listening to this story, but I'll bet it won't be my last. This is the exact kind of cozy mystery that will make it into my re-read pile again and again. There she finds that Harry is wanted as the "Man in the Brown Suit" but has gone missing. Pedler offers Anne the role of his secretary on the train trip to Rhodesia, which she accepts at the last second, and is reunited with Race, Suzanne and Pedler who has a new secretary named Miss Pettigrew.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. Facsimile of 1924 UK first edition (HarperCollins), 5 November 2007, Hardcover, 312 pp; ISBN 0-00-726518-2