![]() ![]() However, as The Evening News was willing to pay her £500 for the serial rights she agreed. Agatha Christie considered this last title ‘ as silly a title as I had ever heard.’ That gives one some idea of sort of tale it is. Like ‘ The Secret Adversary’, it is a lighthearted romp and makes for very easy reading – one of its early titles (it was originally going to be ‘The Mystery of the Mill House) – was ‘Anna the Adventuress.’ It’s full of likeable characters, unlikely co-incidences, narrow escapes from death, intrepid heroes/heroines and an eventful sea voyage to South Africa. I recently re-read this early Agatha Christie book and thoroughly enjoyed it again. ![]() The man in the brown suit is the first in a series of books that I'd like to talk about that don’t feature Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. ![]()
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