DEATH ON THE DOWNS ; A Fethering Mystery
Brett, Simon
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Add to basketSold by Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 3 December 2018
Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Michael Trevillian, 324 pages. Simon Brett OBE FRSL (born 1945) is a British radio producer and prolific writer of detective fiction: the Charles Paris series; the Mrs. Pargiter series; Blotto and Twinks; and the Fethering series. Set in Fethering, a fictitious village on England's south coast, this is where amateur sleuths Carole Seddon, a retired civil servant, and her firiend Jude Nichols solve crimes. Second of 19 Fethering mysteries. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects! Number line ends with "1." No remainder marks.
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It wasn't the rain that upset during Carole Seddon during her walk on the West Sussex Downs. It wasn't the dilapidated barn in which she took shelter. No, what upset her was the human skeleton she discovered there . . .
So begins the second investigation for strait-laced Carole and her laid-back neighbour Jude. This time their enquires take them away from Fethering to the small hamlet of Weldisham. There gossips quickly identify the corpse as Tamsin Lutteridge, a young woman who disappeared from the village months before. Detective Sergeant Baylis will confirm nothing. So why is Tamsin's mother, a friend of Jude's, so certain her daughter is still alive? And why is the unstable Brian Helling so keen to announce that there is a serial killer on the loose . . . ? As Jude sets out to find Tamsin - either dead or alive - Carole digs deeper into Weldisham's history and the bitter relationships simmering beneath the village's gentle facade.
Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full time. As well as the much-loved Fethering series, the Mrs Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris detective series, he has written a number of radio and television scripts. Married with three children, he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs.
You can find out more about Simon at his website: www.simonbrett.com
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