Guilt at the Garage
by Simon Brett

When Carole Seddon’s car is vandalised, it heralds the start of a disturbing series of events in the witty and entertaining new Fethering mystery.

Carole Seddon’s trusty Renault is one of her most treasured possessions. So when it is vandalised, there’s only one person she will entrust with its repair: Bill Shefford has been servicing the vehicles of the good citizens of Fethering for many years. But how could something like this happen in Fethering of all places?

Then the note is shoved under Carole’s kitchen door: Watch out. The car window was just the start. It would appear that she has been deliberately targeted. But by whom … and why?

Matters take an even more disturbing turn when a body is discovered at Shefford’s Garage, crushed to death by a falling gearbox. It would appear to be a tragic accident. Carole and her neighbour Jude are not so sure. And the more they start to ask questions, the more evidence they uncover of decidedly foul play …

Reviews

Brett is brilliant at showing how throwaway comments and casual snubs intensify cruelty to outsiders. This is an especially incisive Fethering adventure, with a shocker of an ending

Booklist Starred Review

Slyly witty … Brett proves once again to be a master of the amateur sleuth genre

Publishers Weekly

Brett fans will love this quirky, warmhearted mystery

Booklist Starred Review of The Clutter Corpse

A prolific and sharp-eyed observer of the British middle class's crimes and misdemeanours

Kirkus Reviews on The Clutter Corpse

Ingeniously drawn characters, deft timing of twists, and a to-die-for climax. A stunner

Booklist Starred Review of The Killer in the Choir

Peppered with wry wit, the story unfurls smoothly and swiftly

Publishers Weekly on The Killer in the Choir

A treasure trove of microgossip

Kirkus Reviews on The Killer in the Choir

The manner of murder is as satisfyingly bizarre as any Golden Age puzzler ... This may just be the best Brett novel yet

Booklist Starred Review of The Liar in the Library

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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Editions

Guilt at the Garage by Simon Brett is available in the following formats

Hardback978178029132130th November 2020145 X 220mm192£20.99
Hardback97817802913212nd February 2021145 X 220mm192$28.99
Ebook97814483046844th January 2021N/A192$14.99
Ebook97814483046841st January 2021N/A192£12.99
Hardback - Large Print978178029172727th July 2021145 X 222mm272$36.95
Hardback - Large Print978178029172731st May 2021145 X 222mm272£22.99
Paperback978178029740830th June 2021140 X 217mm192£13.99
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