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Simon Brett

Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full-time. He is the author of more than 100 books, including the much-loved Fethering mysteries, the Mrs Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris detective series, as well as the Decluttering mysteries. In 2014, he was awarded the Crime Writers’ Association’s prestigious Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence and contribution to crime writing, and in the 2016 New Year’s Honours he was awarded an OBE ‘for services to literature’.Married with three grown-up children, six grandchildren and a ginger cat called Douglas, he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs.

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The Charles Paris Mystery Series

A Comedian Dies

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So Much Blood

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A Decent Interval

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Cast, in Order of Disappearance

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What Bloody Man Is That?

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Not Dead, Only Resting

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The Dead Side of the Mike

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Sicken and So Die

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A Series of Murders

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Situation Tragedy

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Star Trap

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The Cinderella Killer

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Dead Room Farce

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Corporate Bodies

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Murder Unprompted

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Amateur Corpse

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An Amateur Corpse

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Dead Giveaway

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A Reconstructed Corpse

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Murder in the Title

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A Deadly Habit

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The Fethering Mystery Series

Blood at the Bookies

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Bones Under the Beach Hut

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Death Under the Dryer

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The Shooting in the Shop

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The Stabbing in the Stables

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The Poisoning in the Pub

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Guns in the Gallery

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The Corpse on the Court

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The Strangling on the Stage

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The Tomb in Turkey

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The Killing in the Café

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The Liar in the Library

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The Killer in the Choir

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Guilt at the Garage

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Death and the Decorator

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The Mrs Pargeter Mystery Series

Mrs, Presumed Dead

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Mrs Pargeter’s Plot

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Mrs Pargeter’s Point of Honour

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Mrs. Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh

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A Nice Class of Corpse

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Mrs. Pargeter’s Package

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Mrs Pargeter’s Principle

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Mrs Pargeter’s Public Relations

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Mrs Pargeter’s Patio

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The Decluttering mysteries Series

The Clutter Corpse

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An Untidy Death

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Waste of a Life

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Other Titles

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Mrs Pargeter’s Past

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Death in the Dressing Room

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A Messy Murder

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The Penultimate Chance Saloon

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Crime Writers and Other Animals

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Tickled to Death and Other Stories of Crime and Suspense

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A Shock to the System

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Dead Romantic

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Singled Out

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