The Man in the Brown Suit

Enjoyed this book thoroughly, primarily due to the frolicking and engaging narrative voices of both protagonist Anne Beddingfield and secondary character, Sir Eustace Pedlar. Sometimes the adventure got a little too out of hand and I started to lose track of exactly which African city were our characters in now, or heading towards, but it didn't take away anything from the mystery and the plot.

This was pretty good! I read this before in probably middle school, so didn't remember anything. I think I confused it with They Came To Baghdad, too, because I was thinking it was middle eastern, not African. Anyhow.

This was a fun story. Very twisty and lots of happening to be in the right place at the right time. Anne is a fun character to be in the head of.

There's, of course, some sexism and racism since it's from 1924 and a lot takes place in South Africa, Botswana, and Rhodesia (they go to Rhodes' grave...). But it's not terrible all things considered.

I'm not satisfied with how it went. Seemed rather thrown together and not well plotted at all. I'll stick to Hercule Poirot from now on.