Death and the Decorator, Simon Brett
Death and the Decorator, Simon Brett
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Death and the Decorator

Author: Simon Brett

Narrator: Simon Brett

Unabridged: 6 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2022

Synopsis

Having decided to redecorate Woodside Cottage, Jude engages the services of local man Pete, who painted and decorated the homes of Fethering residents for many years. Pete is currently working on Footscrow House, a large Victorian building that is being converted into holiday flats by a local developer. Having arranged to meet at Fiasco House, as it is known locally due to the many failed business enterprises over the years, Jude and Pete make a surprising discovery behind a wall panel: a woman's handbag! The casual discovery becomes serious when the police identify the handbag's owner as Anita Garner, a young woman who vanished under suspicious circumstances twenty years earlier. Determined to find out what really happened to Anita all those years ago, Jude and her neighbor, Carole, investigate—and are plunged into a maze of deception and murder.

About Simon Brett

Simon Brett is the author of more than one hundred books, including the Fethering, Charles Paris, Mrs. Pargeter, and Decluttering series. In 2014, he won the CWA’s prestigious Diamond Dagger for an outstanding body of work, and in 2016, he was awarded an OBE for services to literature. He worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full-time and lives in an Agatha Christie-style village in the South Downs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne on January 29, 2023

The 21st entry in this wonderful series doesn’t disappoint. When a handbag turns up during a redecoration of a former nursing home, it belongs to a young woman who disappeared without a trace 30 years earlier. Bohemian Jude and her strait-laced neighbor Carole Seddon look into the case, as they’ve d......more

Goodreads review by Christine on September 01, 2022

I have read all the Fethering Mysteries, of which this is the latest. It is quite cleverly plotted, as always, hinging on the discovery of a handbag hidden in an alcove. It is found by Jude and a decorator who is working on the room but is also going to be decorating her front room in the fullness o......more

Goodreads review by Suzi on October 19, 2024

One of my favorite authors and always guaranteed to produce laughs and thoughtful consideration. Love the characters, the dialogue, the murders and the social commentary. Love the glimpse at "healing" that Carole sneers at. I have a good friend who is so like Jude and I love her for it. Anyway, sort......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on December 31, 2023

HAPPY NEW YEAR I am closing out 2023 enjoying a cozy night with Carole and Jude. Read 235 books.......more

Goodreads review by Susan on August 05, 2022

When Jude decides to have her therapy room redecorated, she has only one choice as to painter--Pete, who is esteemed by everyone in Fethering. When she drops off at his previous job to leave a key for him, she witnesses him discovering a hidden handbag, that of a girl who had disappeared thirty year......more

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