The Man in the Brown Suit
A clever orphan, a cryptic clue, and a luxury liner hiding a killer.

After the sudden death of her eccentric father, Anne Beddingfeld refuses to settle for a dull, ordinary life. Yearning for romance and peril, she gets far more than she bargained for when she witnesses a fatal accident in a London Tube station. But was it an accident? Armed with nothing but a cryptic piece of paper smelling faintly of mothballs and an unshakeable belief in her own wits, Anne embarks on a globe-trotting quest to unmask a killer. Her pursuit takes her deep into the mystery of a beautiful woman strangled in an empty mansion, and throws her directly into the crosshairs of a shadowy figure the press calls The Man in the Brown Suit. Booking passage on the luxury liner Kilmorden Castle headed for South Africa, Anne suddenly finds herself trapped on board with a cast of deeply suspicious characters. From a cynical politician and his sinister secretary to an enigmatic Rhodesian colonel and a wounded stowaway bleeding in her cabin, everyone has a secret. Will Anne's sharp eyes and sheer audacity be enough to uncover a ruthless syndicate of diamond thieves, or has she finally sailed straight into a deadly trap? Yvonne Schaefer delivers a classic, sparkling tale of murder, mistaken identities, and high-stakes adventure that will keep listeners guessing until the very last port of call.