Finished rereading The Man in the Brown Suit in bed this afternoon,. I see why, side by side with The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, it is one of Agatha Christie's most popular novels. It has adventure, stolen diamonds, mysterious men, romance, an exciting ship journey, explorations in South Africa, exotic souvenirs, switches in identity, chases, and, of course, murder. Ackroyd seems to have been better crafted, though; it is positively airtight. Brown Suit seems to have been hastily and prematurely ended with a deliberate effort to tie up all possible loose ends.

Retrieved Death on the Nile to start rereading tonight. I remember all of the details, but I thought I'd revisit it and savor it all over again before drifting off to sleep. I completely enjoyed the Peter Ustinov movie in 1978 and the 2004 David Suchet DVD version which my youngest sister Sylvia sent me from Sydney years ago.

Coming to the end of my Agatha Christie collection, and will eventually switch back to Judge Dee and lose myself in ancient China once again.