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The Man in the Brown Suit

Agatha Christie (1890–1976)

37 chapters and parts · about 6 hours to read

What the book is about

"The Man in the Brown Suit" by Agatha Christie is a detective novel published in 1924. When Anne Beddingfeld witnesses a man's death at a London tube station, she picks up a mysterious note that launches her into a dangerous adventure. Following clues across continents to South Africa, Anne pursues the truth about murder, stolen diamonds, and a shadowy international criminal known only as "the Colonel." With danger at every turn, she must uncover the real identity of the elusive man in the brown suit.

This summary comes from the Project Gutenberg catalogue, where it was written automatically.

  • Detective and mystery stories
  • London (England)
  • Murder -- Investigation
  • South Africa
  • Women adventurers

Chapters

  1. Prologueabout 8 minutes
  2. Chapter Iabout 9 minutes
  3. Chapter IIabout 9 minutes
  4. Chapter IIIabout 9 minutes
  5. Chapter IVabout 8 minutes
  6. Chapter Vabout 5 minutes
  7. Chapter VIabout 9 minutes
  8. Chapter VIIabout 6 minutes
  9. Chapter VIII(Extracts from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler, M.P.)about 10 minutes
  10. Chapter IX(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 16 minutes
  11. Chapter Xabout 7 minutes
  12. Chapter XIabout 11 minutes
  13. Chapter XII(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)about 9 minutes
  14. Chapter XIIIabout 9 minutes
  15. Chapter XIV(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 11 minutes
  16. Chapter XVabout 8 minutes
  17. Chapter XVIabout 14 minutes
  18. Chapter XVII(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)about 8 minutes
  19. Chapter XVIII(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 12 minutes
  20. Chapter XIXabout 12 minutes
  21. Chapter XXabout 16 minutes
  22. Chapter XXIabout 11 minutes
  23. Chapter XXII(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)about 8 minutes
  24. Chapter XXIII(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 7 minutes
  25. Chapter XXIVabout 18 minutes
  26. Chapter XXVabout 15 minutes
  27. Chapter XXVIabout 15 minutes
  28. Chapter XXVIIabout 12 minutes
  29. Chapter XXVIII(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)about 8 minutes
  30. Chapter XXIXabout 11 minutes
Show all 37 chapters and parts
  1. Chapter XXX(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 8 minutes
  2. Chapter XXXI(From the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)about 8 minutes
  3. Chapter XXXII(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 18 minutes
  4. Chapter XXXIIIabout 11 minutes
  5. Chapter XXXIVabout 6 minutes
  6. Chapter XXXVabout 5 minutes
  7. Chapter XXXVIabout 5 minutes

The Man in the Brown Suit, by Agatha Christie, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #61168, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.

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