Book description
Christmas can be murder . . . Carole Seddon hates Christmas - it all
seems rather a waste of time. So when her neighbour and best friend,
Jude, drags her along to go shopping at a local store called
Gallimaufry, she can feel her inner-Scrooge knocking. But the sales are
on and even Carole can’t resist a bargain. Then, a few days later,
Gallimaufry is burnt down and a body is discovered in the ashes. It
seems like a tragic accident, but no-one can die of natural causes when
a gun is involved. The victim was young, pretty and in a long-term
relationship - who could possibly want her dead? With a host of
suspicious characters - the infamous womanizer Ricky Le Bonnier with a
string of ex-wives; Piers Duncton, a comedy writer who just isn’t that
funny; or Anna Carter, the lonely dog walker - the lady detectives know
they have their work cut out for them. And as they dig deeper they
discover a host of half-truths and lies. It seems that someone in
Fethering has a deep, dark, deadly secret - and is prepared to kill to
keep it. Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television
before taking up writing full time. He is the much-loved author of the
Fethering series, the Mrs Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris
detective series. Married with three grown-up children, he lives in an
Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs.
