This is the first of three tales with Colonel Race (see the list below). Anne Beddingfeld is suddenly an orphan, after the death of her professor father. While in London, she watches a man become frightened and fall back to his death on train tracks. A suspicious doctor arrives and searches the man's pockets and disappears, dropping a slip of paper (in his haste). Anne gathers all her cash and books passage on a ship (mentioned on the slip of paper) to South Africa.
Christie is a master at plotting and red herrings but I've never considered her to be much good at creating well-rounded characters. In this book, she seems to have outdone herself because I can generally 'see' the characters. Surprisingly, this story has lots of humor added to the constant adventure and danger. This is a rollicking ride down the adventure trail and things are constantly happening.
Colonel Race Series
**1. The Man in the Brown Suit (1924)
2. Death on the Nile (1937)
3.Sparkling Cyanide (1944) aka Remembered Death
Christie is a master at plotting and red herrings but I've never considered her to be much good at creating well-rounded characters. In this book, she seems to have outdone herself because I can generally 'see' the characters. Surprisingly, this story has lots of humor added to the constant adventure and danger. This is a rollicking ride down the adventure trail and things are constantly happening.
Colonel Race Series
**1. The Man in the Brown Suit (1924)
2. Death on the Nile (1937)
3.Sparkling Cyanide (1944) aka Remembered Death
