In the novel The Man in the Brown Suit, L. B. Carton was the husband of Anita Grünberg. Anne Beddingfeld saw him fall to his death at the Hyde Park Corner tube station. On him he had a house agent's order to view a house on the river near Marlow. Carton used to work as a diamond sorter for the De Beers diamond company.
Portrayals[]
In the 1989 Warner Brothers adaptation, Carton is portrayed by Federico Luciano. In this adaptation the diamond company he worked for is renamed to Van Zandt.