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The Man in the Brown Suit

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
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Another title in the ever popular Agatha Christie series.
The suave and debonair Colonel Race must solve a question, not of ‘accidental death or suicide’, but ‘murder or double murder’.

Pretty, young Anne came to London looking for adventure. In fact, adventure comes looking for her – and finds her immediately at Hyde Park Corner tube station. Anne is present on the platform when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance and is electocuted on the rails.

The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied.

After all, who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body? And why did he race off, leaving a cryptic message behind: ‘17-122 Kilmorden Castle’?

 Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Urban Detective Crime Murder
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Fascinating story, challenging, couldnt put it down. Interesting views of life in South Africa at that time.

Anne's Courage

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Unfortunately the narration of the male voices really lets this story down. Get Dan Stevens to do it next time- he’s great reading Agatha Christie

Would be better with a different narrator

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The first adventure of Colonel Race. Plenty of twists turns and red herrings. Brilliantly read by Amelia Fox. Great Production.

Agatha Chrisie #4

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I throughly enjoyed listenig to to the Book = full of excitement and
Thrills.
Read the original book l aand saw the T.V. film
certainly a story to listened to again

A GREAT Agatha Christie book

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Jolly japes in 1924 with feisty heroine Anne Beddingfield racing across the world to solve a murder. This book is full of energy, thrills, spills, romance and fun as well as a good plot and intriguing characters.

However… Emilia Fox tips it into the realms of a swashbuckling comic, losing any real sense of danger which a subtler narrator would have kept. She’s a good actress so it’s a shame and took me several mis-starts before I could surrender to that style and get into it. Mind you, as every male character sounded like someone from a children’s book, it was hard to take seriously. Agatha Christie may not be modern but her ethos is still current and it’s demeaning when her work is placed into a quaint bubble by bad production. She’s the world’s favourite author for a reason! Let’s have more recordings of her books with different styles to keep everyone happy, not just cartoon fans.

A Truly Ripping Yarn!

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