The Man in the Brown Suit is a fun mystery-adventure, and one of the better stories I've read so far. It kept me guessing, and then second guessing then returning to my original theory and back and forth. The funny thing is, once you know whodunnit and why, you realize that Ms. Christie basically told you right from the beginning. Christie novels often have an element of romance in them, mostly cursory and at arms length. In The Man in the Brown Suit there are some passages of Harlequin paperback bodice-ripping Romance that I could have done without, and because the book is set in 1921 there are definitely bodices to be ripped. Some of the romance is necessitated by the plot, particularly at a time when it would seem more plausible for a woman to act recklessly for love rather than pure adventure or duty or whatever reason men act recklessly in novels.
