At his request, one of the characters, Sir Eustace Pedler, was initially characterised on Belcher. The story was published in the UK and US in 1924, two years after Christie’s trip on The Grand Tour which saw Christie travel around the world visiting South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Canada.Īgatha and her first husband Archie were invited to join the British Empire Exhibition Tour by the Assistant general manager Belcher, who encouraged Christie to write a story and include him as one of her characters. But who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body before running away? Armed with only one cryptic clue, Anne is determined to track him down and bring the mysterious killer to justice.Īpril’s Book of the Month is Agatha Christie’s fourth novel, The Man in the Brown Suit, which follows a young girl who heads to London looking for an adventure, and soon enough ends up on an ocean voyage heading to Africa. But adventure finds her when a strange-smelling man falls off an Underground platform and is electrocuted on the rails. Pretty, young Anne Beddingfield has come to London looking for adventure.
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