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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.
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- Detective and mystery stories
- London (England)
- Murder -- Investigation
- South Africa
- Women adventurers
Chapters
- Prologueabout 8 minutes
- Chapter Iabout 9 minutes
- Chapter IIabout 9 minutes
- Chapter IIIabout 9 minutes
- Chapter IVabout 8 minutes
- Chapter Vabout 5 minutes
- Chapter VIabout 9 minutes
- Chapter VIIabout 6 minutes
- Chapter VIII(Extracts from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler, M.P.)about 10 minutes
- Chapter IX(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 16 minutes
- Chapter Xabout 7 minutes
- Chapter XIabout 11 minutes
- Chapter XII(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)about 9 minutes
- Chapter XIIIabout 9 minutes
- Chapter XIV(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 11 minutes
- Chapter XVabout 8 minutes
- Chapter XVIabout 14 minutes
- Chapter XVII(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)about 8 minutes
- Chapter XVIII(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 12 minutes
- Chapter XIXabout 12 minutes
- Chapter XXabout 16 minutes
- Chapter XXIabout 11 minutes
- Chapter XXII(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)about 8 minutes
- Chapter XXIII(Anne’s Narrative Resumed)about 7 minutes
- Chapter XXIVabout 18 minutes
- Chapter XXVabout 15 minutes
- Chapter XXVIabout 15 minutes
- Chapter XXVIIabout 12 minutes
- Chapter XXVIII(Extract from the diary of Sir Eustace Pedler)about 8 minutes
- Chapter XXIXabout 11 minutes
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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.





