这是我们做的一篇英语阅读,老师说它出自外国的一篇小说,有没有人知道这是哪本小说,作者是谁?

这是我们做的一篇英语阅读,老师说它出自外国的一篇小说,有没有人知道这是哪本小说,作者是谁?
I was walking along the deserted main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking for somewhere to make a phone call.My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to contact the AA.The street ran parallel to the sea and was joined to it by a number of narrow side streets.Low grey clouds were drifting across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time I crossed one of the side streets.It had rained in the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street.I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat.
There was no sign of a call box,nor was there anyone at that early hour whom I could ask.I had thought I might find a shop open selling the Sunday papers or a milk man doing his rounds,but the town was completely dead.The only living creature I saw was a thin frightened cat which was hopelessly sniffing at some empty paper bags that had been dropped outside the fish-and-chip shop the night before.
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for.There was a small post office,and almost hidden from sight in a dark alley.Next to it was the town's only public call box,which badly needed a coat of paint.I hurried forward,but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that it was already occupied.There was a man inside.He was very fat,and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat and rubber boots.I could not see his face----he was bending forward over the phone with his enormous back pressed against the glass and did not even raise his head at the sound of my approaching footsteps.
Discreetly,I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait my turn.It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed something bright red trickling from under the call box door.

像是个侦探小说,哪个电话亭里的男的应该是死了吧?不过英格兰、还有电话又是侦探体裁..或者可以考虑一下阿加莎克里斯蒂的系列侦探小说
不过这个是什么,真不知道,出场人物太少了.
再问： 请问你知道具体是哪一章节的吗？
再答： 具体我记不清了，好像是血字案里面华生回忆录的一段，我看的群众版的~