A Jolly Holiday with Anne: The Man in the Brown Suit 2.0

(image from here) "When I am married, I shall be a devil most of the time, but every now and then, when my husband least expects it, I shall show him what a perfect angel I can be."  -Anne Beddingfeld, The Man in the Brown Suit, p. 202 The Sum of It: The Man in the Brown Suit is one of those delightful early Agatha books that is heavily spy thriller, with a dash of murder mystery, and a lot of exotic locations. Anne Beddingfeld is...

An Education: Cat Among the Pigeons 2.0

Image from this fun blog "I think there is something wrong here," said Eileen Rich slowly. "It's as though there were someone among us who didn't belong." She looked at him, smiled, almost laughed and said, "Cat among the pigeons, that's the sort of feeling. We're the pigeons, all of us, and the cat's amongst us. But we can't see the cat." - Cat Among the Pigeons, p. 98 The Sum of It: Though most of it is set in a quintessential English mystery...