Simon Brett

Carole Seddon and her bohemian neighbor Jude find that even the cultured can be crass when it comes to murder....

Invited to a Private View of the work of controversial artist Denzil Willoughby, the good citizens of Fethering are not quite sure what to expect....

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

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

Charles Paris, middle-aged actor turned amateur sleuth, is vacationing at a small English seaside town....

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....

Actor and reluctant sleuth Charles Paris is facing chaos on the domestic front. He's lodging with his ex-wife Frances, and now their pregnant daughter has moved in as well. It's all a bit much.... So he is over the moon when he lands a job on the BBC Radio Rep - but the ink is barely dry on his...

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

Ellen Curtis—professional declutterer, amateur sleuth and woman of a certain age—investigates the puzzling death of a TV personality who's past his prime.

The latest Fethering Mystery finds the pillars of the community teetering, with a little push from Carole and Jude....

Charles Paris has landed a dual role in a lavish West End musical: onstage as a bit player, offstage as an undercover sleuth....

Carole Seddon has never enjoyed holidays much. Nevertheless, she has allowed herself to be persuaded by her friend Jude to accept a fortnight’s free villa in Turkey....

Ellen Curtis—professional declutterer, amateur sleuth, and woman of a certain age—hunts for a missing will with a killer bequest in this gripping mystery from the original king of British cozy crime, Simon Brett. Professional declutterer Ellen Curtis doesn’t do house clearances. So when...

Having been booked to give a talk at Fethering Library, successful author Burton St Clair invites his old friend Jude to come along....

Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche Charles Paris in Jeremy Front’s BBC radio dramatisation of Simon Brett’s novel. When Charles Paris’ agent rings with the news that he has a part for him in a new musical, Charles is delighted - and somewhat amazed, as he can neither sing nor dance...

When the owner of Polly's Cake Shop announces her retirement, the Fethering residents start to worry about the loss of this popular amenity....

A dinner party at an English mansion with some stuffy, not-very-close friends is not exactly Jude¿s cup of tea....

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....

Charles Paris, an out-of-work actor, takes a star gig is as a forklift driver in a Delmoleen Company corporate video....

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....