The ninth Fethering mystery featuring amateur detectives Carole and Jude
Blood at the Bookies (Fethering Mysteries)
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All bets are on when there’s a body found at the bookies… When Jude wanders into Fethering’s local bookies she has no idea that she will shortly be investigating the murder of Polish immigrant Tadeusz Jankowski. With her partner in crime, friend and next-door-neighbour Carole, she’s determined to discover who killed him – and why? There are several favourites in the running: • A mysterious woman in the bookies? • The charming lecturer at the university? • Or the mysterious attacker who Jude only narrowly escapes from? Talking to suspects and gathering information, the amateur investigators try to piece together the broken trail of the young immigrant’s life. But in this race there’s only one winner – and it could be that they are pipped at the post by a cold and calculated killer…
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Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full time. He is married with three grown-up children and lives in an Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs. This is the ninth novel in the popular Fethering series.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By P. Tipton
Format:Hardcover
In what is almost becoming an annual event, 'Blood at the Bookies' is the latest episode in the lives of our Sussex-based sleuths, Carol and Jude. Having stumbled upon the series by chance, I have become a devotee of these cosy, fun mysteries. The latest will not disappoint fans, though it perhaps suffers a little from the relative lack of action outside of Feathering and what seems, at least to me, to be a shortage of viable suspects. I had guessed the culprit long before the final chapters and this can always be somewhat of a disappointment. It did not, however, spoil my enjoyment of a charming addition to the Feathering series. Long may Carol and Jude reign over the Sussex coast!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Simon Brett continues to provide ideal entertainment for those who like reading mystery fiction. His prose is supple, the dialogue lively, the characterisation convincing, and the settings varied and well-sketched. "Blood at the Bookies" is the latest escapade involving Fethering neighbours Carol and Jude.
It is Jude that finds herself in an unlikely situation. She is in a betting shop. She is there to place a bet for an elderly house-bound neighbour. It is a new experience for Jude and she is sharply observant. She notices a young man enter the shop. Dressed in an overcoat and looking ill, he staggers out apparently unnoticed. Jude, however, sees that he leaves a trail of blood. She follows the trail, finds the young man collapsed in a nearby alley and hears his dying words. Thus Jude and her neighbour Carol have yet another opportunity to investigate a crime.
The investigation moves steadily forward, each move providing (perhaps too neatly) a pointer to the next move. Whether or not you guess how it will all end before it does, you will enjoy the good hunt that Simon Brett provides.
It is Jude that finds herself in an unlikely situation. She is in a betting shop. She is there to place a bet for an elderly house-bound neighbour. It is a new experience for Jude and she is sharply observant. She notices a young man enter the shop. Dressed in an overcoat and looking ill, he staggers out apparently unnoticed. Jude, however, sees that he leaves a trail of blood. She follows the trail, finds the young man collapsed in a nearby alley and hears his dying words. Thus Jude and her neighbour Carol have yet another opportunity to investigate a crime.
The investigation moves steadily forward, each move providing (perhaps too neatly) a pointer to the next move. Whether or not you guess how it will all end before it does, you will enjoy the good hunt that Simon Brett provides.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
This is a delightful read. I think the 2 main characters of Jude and Carole are different enough to spark ideas off each other and their friendship develops with each new investigation. This story brings in the theme of immigrants and it is cleverly written into the investigation. Simon Brett writes a story that is easy to read and all the characters are well drawn making you want to pick up the book again, soon.
I only worked out who had done it just before it was obvious. There are a few good red herrings.
I liked the different people he describes at the bookies and how one of them becomes a friend of Carole much to her initial disbelief. The rebuilding of the relationship with her son, daughter in law and new baby is also interesting given that Carole has initially shunned life.
Nice to have a catch up with the main characters at the end of the story.
I am looking forward to the next mystery.
I only worked out who had done it just before it was obvious. There are a few good red herrings.
I liked the different people he describes at the bookies and how one of them becomes a friend of Carole much to her initial disbelief. The rebuilding of the relationship with her son, daughter in law and new baby is also interesting given that Carole has initially shunned life.
Nice to have a catch up with the main characters at the end of the story.
I am looking forward to the next mystery.
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Blood at the Bookies
A really enjoyable listen. Simon Brett is a master craftsman of writing about people and relationships and situations and is in this story as plausible as ever.
Published 25 days ago by J. F. Fletcher
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blood at the Bookies
Carole and Jude are faced with trying to uncover who is responsible for the murder of a Polish immigrant. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Sophia
5.0 out of 5 stars
A joy
The Fethering Mysteries have two central characters that you can't help but love. The repressed ex-civil servant, Carole, and the ageing hippie (or should that be 'new-ageing? Read more
Published 6 months ago by W. T. Deary
4.0 out of 5 stars
Does what it says on the tin
This is a good read, nor great literature but still a very good page turner.
I liked the last chapter summary of what happened to all the protagonists...
I liked the last chapter summary of what happened to all the protagonists...
Published 14 months ago by Ransen Owen
3.0 out of 5 stars
Light-hearted detection
Authors reading their own work does not always work well but Simon Brett, with his Thespian background, masters a range of accents and a steady fluency that adds to the enjoyment... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Clive A. H. Still
5.0 out of 5 stars
More of the same - as required!
This is another book in the 'Fetheringham' series and delivers the goods as expected. A couple of hours of light entertainment that holds the attention and enables one to forget... Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2010 by Caroline
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fethering Mysteries
Like all the Fethering Mysteries this is a bit twee and unreal. They do make an 'unbraintaxing read'and helpto pass a pleasant couple of hours occasionally.
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Published on 7 Oct 2009 by Mr. M. Habbershaw
4.0 out of 5 stars
A format that works
This is the fourth Brett Fethering mystery that I have read and I consumed this in one day because this is what is good about these novels they capture you quite quickly and ease... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2009 by Joanne D'Arcy
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good each-way bet
This is a pleasant, undemanding read, suitable for holiday reading if you like English crime novels without the graphically gory or grittiness of the more modern style. Read more
Published on 21 April 2009 by Rammiemax
3.0 out of 5 stars
comfortable easy read
As always Simon Brett's Fethering mysteries are comfortable but interesting with a bit of high drama towards the end. Read more
Published on 19 April 2009 by S. N. Hiscoke
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