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by Simon Brett (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Pan; 2 edition (8 Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330376977
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330376976
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 533,807 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Simon Brett has got into his stride with his second book in the Fethering Mysteries series... His light touch produces an enjoyable mystery' Sunday Telegraph


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It wasn't the rain that upset Carole Seddon during her walk on the West Sussex Downs. It wasn't the dilapidated barn in which she was forced to seek shelter. No, what upset her most was the human skeleton she discovered there....

So begins the second investigation for strait-laced Carole and her more laid-back neighbour Jude. This time their enquiries take them away from Fethering to the small download hamlet of Weldsham, where gossips quickly identify the corpse as Tamsin Lutteridge, a young woman who disappeared from the village months before....

'Simon Brett has got into his stride with his second book in the Fethering Mysteries series... His light touch produces an enjoyable mystery.' Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph

'Welcome return for Brett's lady sleuths.... As crime gets a harder edge, it's refreshing to have an amiable light-hearted tale, which makes the most of wit and atmosphere. A gentle stroll down mystery lane.' Yorkshire Post

'One of the exceptional detective-story writers around.' Daily Telegraph

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Piece of Crime Fiction!, 2 Aug 2002
This is the second case for the two most intriguing crime-busting duo alive. This is definitely better than the first, now that their characters have been established, and it is well plotted, with an excellent ending. It ends with a slight cliffhanger involving Carole, but the case itself is excellent. It's humurous, pacy, just what you need on a hot beach or a cold winter night.
If you haven't ever read a Simon Brett, read the three current Fethering Mysteries! They are spellbinding!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Character Development from The Body on the Beach, 19 Feb 2007
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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It would be a mistake to read this book without first reading The Body on the Beach in which amateur detectives and neighbors Carole Seddon and Jude (no last name) meet one another. If opposites attract, these two fiftyish women make that point. Carole is a retired Home Office bureaucrat who likes things tidy and prefers her distance from people. Jude is friendly, messy, and plunges right in. That contrast was well established in The Body on the Beach. In Death on The Downs, the two characters begin to develop other facets. But if you haven't read the first book, you'll miss the relevance of much of that character development.

Carole Seddon once again stumbles on evidence of foul play when she uncovers a human skeleton while seeking shelter from the rain in an old barn. The local police are very sympathetic and even offer her counseling. Carole learns that there's been a young woman missing for four months. Could that be the victim? When Carole shares her experiences and theory with Jude, Jude is floored. She knows the missing woman!

Carole begins to exploit her developing social skills to find out more about what's going on in Weldisham, where she found the bones. Jude uses her alternative therapy contacts (and a little blackmail) to check out other lines of inquiry.

Carole knows she's on the right track when she begins to receive threats. Before the story is over, she'll pay a high price for her curiosity.

Readers who enjoyed The Body on the Beach will find Death on the Downs to be an easier book to read, with more interesting action.

This series is well worth reading and I hope you enjoy it!
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Death on the Downs, 28 Jul 2006
By Rich Milligan (Thatcham, Berkshire) - See all my reviews
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My usual staple reading diet is a steady supply of intriguing thrillers or criminal detective stories but every now and then after reading about half a dozen of this "heavier" type of novel I feel myself in need of refreshment which I satisfy by reading something lighter and a lot less demanding and in this sense Simon Brett's novels are a perfect fit.

"Death on the Downs" is the second book in Mr Brett's latest series of mild comic murder mysteries "The Feathering Mysteries." The series concerns two ladies of a certain age namely retired home office civil servant Carole Seddon and 50-something free spirited hippy Jude.

When Carole's faithful Labrador, Gulliver, cuts his paw on a tin can whilst running on the beach, she decides to change her usual daily walk route now that she's not tied to just walking the dog. She goes to a local village that backs onto the Sussex Downs and whilst her walk begins a little muddy but still enjoyable that all changes when forced to take cover in a dilapidated barn she finds a macabre discovery in the form of a bag full of human bones.

The matter is soon in the hands of the local constabulary but Carole finds the attitude of Sergeant Baylis a little suspect, is he concerned with solving the case or more concerned with who is interested in the case? Jude shares Carole's unease and together the two intrepid amateur detectives decide to stick the noses in where they don't belong once more. Jude follows up a local spiritual healer with whom she has had past contact to see if he knows about the disappearance of a local girl and Carole pursues the various village locals she has seen in the pub after discovering the bones.

This book confirms the growing friendship between the two women and whilst they are still chalk and cheese in many of their opinions and views it is Carole who surprisingly finds herself behaving more like Jude with regards to formality and logic. She also begins to loosen up and relax slightly, especially when around, Ted Crisp, the landlord of the ladies' local pub. Jude seems to have gone through her own romantic experiences recently and from the little she reveals to Carole it doesn't seem as though they have been pleasant, so it is a much more subdued and quieter Jude than the first book in the series.

This is a really good confirmatory book in the series following on from "The Body on the Beach" and cements the two ladies as an entertaining and very readable detective couple. The range of characters is, as anyone familiar with Simon Brett's other works will know, a very amusing but also a very accurate look at the sort of people cropping up all over "little England" and Mr Brett's characterisation of these people and the way he weaves their "ordinariness" into an extraordinary story is excellent.

If you enjoyed the first book then this follow up is heartily recommended and will definitely whet your appetite for the next one in the series, "The Torso in the Town"

The books should cost round about the £5-£6 mark brand new. At just over 350 pages long and with its very light style, it shouldn't take the keen reader a great deal of time to rattle through it. The ISBN number is 0330376977.
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5.0 out of 5 stars On my Top 10 of crime fiction.
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