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 brand-new 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.
A prolific and sharp-eyed observer of the British middle class's crimes and misdemeanours * <b> Kirkus Reviews </b> on <b> The Clutter Corpse </b> * As usual, Brett is brilliant at creating settings that reflect character * <b>Booklist Starred Review</b> of <b> An Untidy Death </b> * Peppered with wry wit, the story unfurls smoothly and swiftly * <b> Publishers Weekly </b> on <b> The Killer in the Choir </b> * The manner of murder is as satisfyingly bizarre and complicated as any Golden Age puzzler . This may just be the best Brett novel yet * <b>Booklist Starred Review </b> of <b> The Liar in the Library </b> * 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 * <b> Booklist Starred Review </b> of <b>Guilt at the Garage </b> * An edgy cozy, filled with dry wit and deft plot twists * <b>Booklist</b> on <b> Death and the Decorator </b> *