Characters in The Man in the Brown Suit

Supporting characters

• Anne Beddingfeld

  A penniless, recently orphaned young woman who craves adventure and pursues the mystery on her own nerve, proving a quick-witted and persistent amateur investigator.

• Colonel Race

  A suave, watchful Englishman travelling under cover of leisure while working for the secret service; this is his debut appearance in Christie's fiction.

• Sir Eustace Pedler

  A wealthy, comfort-loving MP whose comic, self-serving diary forms the novel's second narrative voice; he complains constantly of adventure and of his secretary.

• Guy Pagett

  An earnest, much-maligned secretary whose furtive behaviour and a private secret make him an object of suspicion.

• Suzanne Blair

  The Hon. Mrs Clarence Blair, a glamorous married society woman who befriends Anne aboard ship and becomes her partner in the hunt.

• Harry Rayburn

  A guarded man operating under an assumed name whose true loyalties and history Anne struggles to read.

• the Colonel

  The elusive mastermind behind the diamond conspiracy, known only by an alias; his true identity is the central puzzle of the book.