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Description edit
Searching for a bit of adventure to spice up her everyday life, Anne Beddingfield becomes an unlikely sleuth after a diamond heist, a murder, and attempts on her own life that make her the only person capable of solving the crimes. Reissue.
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Characters/People edit
- Anne Beddingfield: An young woman and orphan. The daughter of Professor Beddingfeld, a famous archaeologist
- Sir Eustace Pedler: A member of parliament.
- Guy Pagett: Sir Eustace Pedler's secretary
- Harry Rayburn: A man who is also employed by Sir Eustace Pedler.
- Suzanne Blair: A society lady that Anne meets on the boat.
- Mrs Caroline James: The wife of the gardener at The Mill House.
- Colonel Race: Anne meets him on the boat to Africa
- Miss Pettigrew: Sir Eustace Pedler's secretary
- Harry Lucas: A friend of John Eardsley, listed as missing in action during the First World War.
- John Eardsley: A friend of Harry Lucas, killed in the First World War.
- Laurence Eardsley: John Eardsley's father and a distant cousin of Colonel Race.
- Nadina: A Russian dancer.
- Lord Nasby: The owner of the Daily Budget newspaper and Anne's employer
- Mr. Flemming: A solicitor. Takes Anne in after her father's death
- Mrs. Flemming: Mr Flemming's wife. Takes Anne in after her father's death
Quotes edit
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“Everything seemed strangely silent - except our car which I should think was the first Ford ever made by man!”
Anne Bedingfield
Setting & Locations edit
- Cape Town, South Africa: Anne's boat is travelling to here.
- England: Where Anne (and most of the other characters) is from
- Rhodesia: Now known as Zimbabwe. Anne travels here after leaving South Africa
- London: Anne moves here to stay with Mr & Mrs Flemming after her father dies.
- Muizenberg
- Bulawayo: A city in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
First Sentence edit
Everybody has been at me, right and left, to write this story from the great (represented by Lord Nasby) to the small (represented by our late maid of all work, Emily, whom I saw when I was last in England.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 1 in Colonel Race Mysteries. (standard series)
This is book 17 of 74 in Agatha Christie - Luitingh-Sijthoff pockets. (edition-based publisher list)
Preceded by Evil Under the Sun, and followed by Elephants Can Remember.
This book is in Agatha Christie Non-Series Mystery Novels. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Agatha Christie (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bodley Head
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1923
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 312
Publisher: Bodley Head
Country: UK
Publication Date: 1923
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 312
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.912
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