Publisher's Synopsis

"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."

―Anne Beddingfeld, The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (1924)


The Man in the Brown Suit (1924) by Agatha Christie is a thriller from the first scene when London newcomer Anne Beddingfeld witnesses a man falling to his death on a live track while she is waiting on the platform for her train. This is just the beginning of the intrigue that takes her to South Africa to encounter diamond thieves and murderers. Colonel Race makes his first appearance in this Christie novel and in later works as a friend to Hercule Poirot. This novel is for fans of mystery, intrigue, and the beloved Agatha Christie.


Book information

ISBN: 9781646795727
Publisher: Cosimo
Imprint: Cosimo Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: FIC
Language: English
Number of pages: 284
Weight: 308g
Height: 203mm
Width: 127mm
Spine width: 16mm