Simon Brett

Ellen Curtis runs her own business helping people who are running out of space. As a declutterer, she is used to encountering all sorts of weird and wonderful objects in the course of her work. What she has never before encountered is a dead body....

Although she hadn’t known Leonard Mallett very well, nor liked him particularly, Carole Seddon feels duty bound to attend her fellow committee member’s funeral....

Landing a minor part in the Empire Theatre Eastbourne’s Christmas production of Cinderella....

Bill Nighy stars as Charles Paris with Martine McCutcheon as Jodie Ricks in this BBC Radio 4 comedy detective drama....

For Mrs Pargeter, it is a matter of principle that she should complete any of her late husband's unfinished business....

Jude and Carole Seddon find themselves in the midst of some horseplay after stumbling upon the body of ex-equestrian Walter Fleet at Long Bamber Stables....

When Jude agrees to lend her vintage chaise longue for the local Amateur Dramatic Society’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple, little does she realise she’ll end up in a starring role....

Recently retired, Carole Seddon is residing in Fethering in the cottage she purchased with her ex-husband....

Jude's life has been turned upside-down thanks her new man, Piers Targett, who's keen to get her involved in his hobby – or obsession – of Real Tennis....

The seaside town of Fethering, home to Carole Seddon and her friend Jude, is a place rife with foul play....