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Carole Seddon's son is about to be married. But as plans for the big day get underway, Stephen's future parents-in-law, Marie and Harold, seem desperate to keep the affair as discreet as possible. Then, after a quiet engagement party, Harold disappears . . . only to be found dead the next day, in a burnt out car in Epping Forest. While the family try to deal with their grief, Carole discovers they are concealing secrets that can be traced back thirty years, to the murder of Marie's best friend. Now the girl's killer has been released from prison and is back in his old stomping ground, near Fethering. As Carole enlists the help of her friend Jude in researching the truth, Gaby returns to London to find herself in grave danger. Fearing the bride-to-be is the killer's next target, Carole and Jude must unravel the Martin family's past before he makes another deadly move . . . and before the happiness of the impending wedding day is ruined.
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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 his sixth Fethering Mystery.
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I'm a big fan of Simon Brett's books and this one is well up to his usual high standards, even if it's pretty easy to guess the identity of the murderer early on. His stories are deceptively simple and unfold with apparent ease but Mr Brett plays fair - all the clues are there. What I particularly liked about Witness at the Wedding was the development in Carole's character. She is becoming less uptight and slightly less judgemental, although the scenes with her ghastly ex-husband are hilarious. There is also his trademark wit, such as the way he skewers trendy C of E vicars with a few throwaway lines right at the end of the book. Great stuff.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I love Simon Brett's 'detective' stories - they are usually centred on amateurs rather than professional police solvers of crime. His latest creations Jude & Carole are ideal - and every book in this series is superb. These novels are true pageturners - I get through each one in a couple of days and really can't wait for the next one. The situations are believable - the reader has confidence in the ability of the lead characters and you empathise with both Carole & Jude. Read Simon Brett's novels - every single one!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The premise for this story is what makes it worth reading: Carole Seddon's son, Stephen, is marrying into a rather odd family. Pascale's (Gaby's) parents don't even want there to be a wedding announcement . . . and they definitely don't want to be involved in the wedding planning. Stephen has also let drop that there's a history of murder in the family.
Most authors would stop at this point by having chilled us a bit with thoughts about whom our children might marry. Simon Brett charges gleefully forward by making the wedding preparations into a murderers' playground. As a result, you'll find yourself much more emotionally involved than in the typical Fethering mystery.
The mystery itself isn't all that hard to unravel, but the book's premise will keep your attention throughout. It's a dandy way to overturn the conventions of wedding stories.
With the wedding plans taking center stage, there's less than the usual byplay and interaction between Carole and Jude. They operate pretty independently of one another in this book, in part because Jude has a depressed friend (Gita) visiting who is pressed into the investigation.
I thought that many of the wedding preparation sequences were pretty funny, especially the engagement party hosted by Gaby's parents. If you've ever felt awkward at such an event, you'll roar when you read some of these scenes.
Most authors would stop at this point by having chilled us a bit with thoughts about whom our children might marry. Simon Brett charges gleefully forward by making the wedding preparations into a murderers' playground. As a result, you'll find yourself much more emotionally involved than in the typical Fethering mystery.
The mystery itself isn't all that hard to unravel, but the book's premise will keep your attention throughout. It's a dandy way to overturn the conventions of wedding stories.
With the wedding plans taking center stage, there's less than the usual byplay and interaction between Carole and Jude. They operate pretty independently of one another in this book, in part because Jude has a depressed friend (Gita) visiting who is pressed into the investigation.
I thought that many of the wedding preparation sequences were pretty funny, especially the engagement party hosted by Gaby's parents. If you've ever felt awkward at such an event, you'll roar when you read some of these scenes.
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Another good book by Simon Brett
I have read several of Simon Brett's Fethering series and it is up to it's usual high standard. I always enjoy the relationship between Jude and Carole and would like to know more... Read more
Published 6 months ago by DorsetLady
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Wedding bells in Fethering
In The Witness at the Wedding, the two unusual detectives, Jude and Carole, are faced with yet another murder to solve. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Clive A. H. Still
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Published 15 months ago by ruralchick
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Yet another masterpiece
I have read all the Fethering mysteries and I am amazed that the standard set in the first one has been maintained throughout the series. Read more
Published 23 months ago by PosterMeerkat
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my favorite Feathering
This is my favorite of the Feathering books that I havre read so far. It is darker than the other stories and there is a deeper involvment in the case for one of the main... Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2009 by Andrew Dalby
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........Matches and Dispatches
This is the second of Brett's 'Fethering' mysteries I have read and I am going to be bold to say this is better than Death under the Dryer. Read more
Published on 31 May 2009 by Joanne D'Arcy
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As good as ever
I love the Fethering mysteries and this one was particularly appealing as we get to see a more human side of Carole as we meet her family as they prepare for a wedding. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2008 by Wendy Jones
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Audacious Marital Complications
The premise for this story is what makes it worth reading: Carole Seddon's son, Stephen, is marrying into a rather odd family. Read more
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