The Man in the Brown Suit

by Agatha Christie

After the death of her father, an archaeologist, Anne Beddingfeld finds herself completely penniless. She has lived in the country all her life. Now she wants to build a new, independent existence in London. Returning from an unsuccessful job interview, she is standing on the platform of the Hyde Park Corner subway station. She faces a man, who looks over her shoulder and is so startled that he staggers, falls onto the tracks and is killed. A doctor is immediately on the scene, but can only pron