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Simon Brett

Born

in Worcester Park, Surrey, The United Kingdom

October 28, 1945

Website

http://www.simonbrett.com

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books, Humor

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Simon Brett is a prolific British writer of whodunnits.

He is the son of a Chartered Surveyor and was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a first class honours degree in English.

He then joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for BBC Radio and London Weekend Television, where his work included 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Frank Muir Goes Into ...'.

After his spells with the media he began devoting most of his time to writing from the late 1970s and is well known for his various series of crime novels.

He is married with three children and lives in Burpham, near Arundel, West Sussex, England. He is the current president of the Detection Club. ...more

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	A Nice Class of Corpse (Mrs Pargeter, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,204 ratings — published 1986 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body on the Beach (Fethering, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 4,217 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs, Presumed Dead (Mrs Pargeter, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 2,987 ratings — published 1988 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death on the Downs (Fethering, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 2,555 ratings — published 2001 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Pargeter's Package (Mrs Pargeter, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 2,319 ratings — published 1990 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh (Mrs Pargeter, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 2,149 ratings — published 1992 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Torso in the Town (Fethering, #3) 3.67 avg rating — 2,030 ratings — published 2002 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clutter Corpse (Decluttering Mysteries #1) 3.49 avg rating — 2,038 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Museum (Fethering, #4) 3.67 avg rating — 1,779 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Pargeter’s Plot (Mrs Pargeter #5) 3.94 avg rating — 1,478 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The only situation which might justify panic is one in which panic is likely to help. Such a situation never arises. Though pretended panic may sometimes cause a useful diversion, real panic can never be anything other than a waste of energy.”
― Simon Brett, Mrs. Pargeter's Package

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“No furniture is so charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word.”
― Simon Brett, So Much Blood

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“Like many other Catholics, Esmond had a crust of Catholic complacency over a thin layer of doubt, which spanned a deep morass of sheer terror.”
― Simon Brett, Murder in the Museum

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Which series would you like to have a continuing buddy read of next? This will be hosted by our member Adrian, who has done such an excellent job with the Sherlock Holmes series. It will begin in April, with a monthly or bimonthly read. Please vote here by 8th March, if you would like to join in regularly or even just occasionally. Thanks!

Lord Peter Wimsey series by Dorothy L. Sayers

18 votes, 36.7%

Vera (NE TV series) by Ann Cleeves

12 votes, 24.5%

Fethering Mysteries by Simon Brett

8 votes, 16.3%

Midsomer Murders series by Caroline Graham

5 votes, 10.2%

Paul Temple series by Francis Durbridge

4 votes, 8.2%

Tommy and Tuppence series by Agatha Christie

2 votes, 4.1%

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