The Man in the Brown Suit

Howodd,AnneBeddingfeldthought,thatthestrangercaughthereye,recoiledinhorror,andfelltohisdeathontherailsofHydeParkUndergroundStation.Odderstillwasadoctorinabrownsuitwhopronouncedhimdeadandvanishedintothecrowd.ButwhatreallyarousedAnne'ssuspicionwaswhenshelearnedofthedoctor'slinktothemurderofafamousballerina,afortuneinhiddendiamonds,andacrime-lordembroiledinblackmail.AndmostfrighteningofallwastheattemptmadeonAnne'sownlife.Butsheisunabletoresistthelureofanisolatedmansionthatcouldholdthesolutiontothebizarremystery--evenifshebecomesthenextvictim...作者简介：AgathaChristieistheworld'sbest-knownmysterywriter.HerbookshavesoldoverabillioncopiesintheEnglishlanguageandanotherbillionin44foreignlanguages.Sheisthemostwidelypublishedauthorofalltimeinanylanguage,outsoldonlybytheBibleandShakespeare.Herwritingcareerspannedmorethanhalfacentury,duringwhichshewrote80novelsandshortstorycollections,aswellas14plays,oneofwhich,TheMousetrap,isthelongest-runningplayinhistory.Twoofthecharactersshecreated,thebrilliantlittleBelgianHerculePoirotandtheirrepressibleandrelentlessMissMarple,wentontobecomeworld-famousdetectives.Bothhavebeenwidelydramatizedinfeaturefilmsandmade-for-TVmovies.AgathaChristiealsowroteromanticnovelsunderthepseudonymMaryWestmacott.Aswell,shewrotefournon-fictionbooksincludinganautobiographyandanentertainingaccountofthemanyexpeditionsshesharedwithherarchaeologisthusband,SirMaxMallowan.AgathaChristiediedin1976.