Doesn't the book list provided in the 'Reading Order' section in this website says that 'Poirot Investigates' is the next book?

They were both published in the same year and reading one doesn't mean any spoilers for the other.

I have only read this book once and hold little reagrd for it. I'm not a great fan of AC's "plucky young heroines" and the lead character is, I think, the first of these type of characters. I know they are of the period but I find that "jolly hockey sticks and falling madly in love" stuff a little tiresome.

I enjoyed the character of Eustace Pedlar and felt it a shame that we couldnt encounter him in future novels.

In hindsight, I can also see that AC was probably using this book as a way of trying out the big trick that she played in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, which followed a few years later.

I really enjoyed the book, I loved Ann Beddingfield and the other Characters except for Colonel Race who doesn't really do anything although he is more useful in this book than he is in 'Sparkling Cyanide which I don't like, I don't know what you mean squatty about the 'big trick' you think AC was using this book for, please explain what you mean 

Its hard to explain what I mean without revealing too much of the solution to both books.

In Brown Suit, it came as quite a shock to discover that the villan was the character whose diary extracts had been used throughout the book. In that respect, the villan became a co-narrator for the plot.

Then, of course, in Roger Ackroyd, the villan was even more audaciously presented in the book and was the most active narrator of the book

You don't need to worry about using spoilers in this section as the very nature of the Book Club means that you will have read it if you want to join in with the discussion.

The Man in The Brown Suit is possibly one of the best Agatha Christie novels I have a read.  I found the plot very fast paced as it made me keep turning the pages and guessing until the solution was delivered.  Only The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Murder on the Orient Express have come close to beating this book.  A definite must-read!

I am glad that Christie soon returned to Poirot.  The Man in the Brown Suit certainly moves along, and has some interesting characters, but the plot is a jumble (as Christie's adventure/thriller storylines often are) and by the time the end approached, I was glad to see it, not as a conclusion of the story, but merely for the relief of having the book finished.

I would agree with squatty that "plucky heroines" are one of Christie's less favorable tropes.  While I enjoy Tupppence (probably because I am in love with Francesca Annis :), and I can deal with what's-her-name from Chimneys, I look forward to a return to mystery.

Boomcoach you mean Bundle Brent, I love Agatha Christies Plucky Heroines, I felt they weren't in enough books and In my view Poirot was in too many which means it is easy to get bored of him like Agatha Christie did, I am about to read 'Appointment with Death' when Agatha Christie wrote it for the stage she left out Poirot, it will be interesting to see if I like the book or wether it is one with Poirot I could easily not read again and wether I can imagine the Character who is the sleuth in the play having that role.

The Man |n The Brown Suit is definitely one of best Agatha Christie novels i have read! It was in fact a welcomed break from the usual Poirot and Marple ones. The storyline is full of wit and captivating. And plucky or not, my favourite character just had to be anne beddingfield! :) The fun little twist came at the end when the villain is revealed. Surprising! I would also say - a definite must-read!

To be honest, i get quite disappointed when i start reading an AC novel and realise that neither Poirot nor Miss Marple are in it. I dont find the plot as interesting if a cheeky young thing is playing sleuth. The older detectives make it much more interezting for me, which is rather funny in my case since i'm 25 and would be expected to identify more with the "young 'uns"

I agree with BOOMCOACH. I finished reading the book just for the 'relief of it'. The book was disappointing (to me), but I did like how Christie put in that style of a diary, sort of like in The Mysterious Affair At Styles.

I must admit I enjoy this story, especially the characterisation of Sir Eustace Pedlar, and his dry sense of humour. I'm trying to read this book in Polish at the moment "Meczyzna w brazowem garniturze", if you're interested! to improve my knowledge of the language- it certainly has helped me.

i love this book

the starting was boring

but th efact that the man in the brown suit is a + char is amazing

I loved this book, sadly I saw the Film years before reading the book but thankfully it didn't spoil my enjoyment and just loved the Plot and the idea that Anne goes on this wonderful dventure. A way of not being dissapointed about Poirot or Miss Marple being in the book is buy reading the blurb either on the back or on the net, that is what I do, It has helped in the past decide what book to read and it wet's my appertite. 

I have never cared for The Man In The Brown Suit. I don't get all the hoopla over it, I'm afraid.

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I have never cared for The Man In The Brown Suit. I don't get all the hoopla over it, I'm afraid.

You're very wrong about that, you know. I remember that I left off The Man in the Brown Suit as my last AC precisely because of the scathing reviews I'd heard. The opinion on the old site was almost unanimous: it was not very loved. That definately doesn't qualify as "hoopla".

I found The Man in the Brown Suit an unexpected gem. It was very far from perfect, but it was rather entertaining, and the solution caught me off my guard.

I'm not wrong because I was thinking of how there seem to be more people than I would have imagined who like it now on the new forum.

I'm afraid I wasn't on the previous forum so can't judge the difference between reactions to this novel on this one. Personally, I do love the book. It's very youthful and romantic - the character of Anne is a delight! When it was published, foreign travel would have been beyond the scope of most people in Britain (and further afield) and reading this novel bought the exotic into peoples lives.Sir Eustace Pedlar, love him or hate him, certainly remains in the memory!

I'm surprised, Bundle, that you are not fond of it. I find it reminicient of Chimneys in its pacing and energy.

I am going to read this book next after I have read the Patricia Wentworth I am reading, I thought it said on Wikipaedia that it was like The Man In The Brown Suit but have just looked and no mention of it so I must have been mistaken anyway I am looking forward to it nonetheless.