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Also by Simon Brett:

Major Bricket and the Body in the Bell Tower, September 2026
Hardcover
Major Bricket and the Circus Corpse, August 2026
Paperback
A Disorganised Death, April 2026
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Blotto, Twinks and the Conquistadors Gold, October 2023
Hardcover / e-Book
An Untidy Death, September 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
The Clutter Corpse, April 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
The Killing in The Cafe, March 2016
Paperback / e-Book
The Tomb in Turkey, March 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
Blotto, Twinks And The Dead Dowager Duchess, January 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Blotto, Twinks And The Ex-King's Daughter, February 2011
Trade Size
The Stabbing in the Stables, June 2007
Paperback (reprint)
The Stabbing In The Stables, August 2006
Hardcover
The Hanging in the Hotel, August 2004
Hardcover
Death on the Downs, September 2002
Paperback
The Body on the Beach, September 2001
Paperback (reprint)

THE KILLING IN THE CAFE
By: Simon Brett

Fethering Mystery #17
Severn House
March 2016
On Sale: March 1, 2016
192 pages
ISBN: 1780290810
EAN: 9781780290812
Kindle: B01ATM8SAW
Paperback / e-Book
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Mystery Cozy

The wickedly entertaining new Fethering mystery featuring chalk-and-cheese detective duo Carole and Jude

Polly’s Cake Shop has been a feature of the shopping parade for many years, but when its owner announces her retirement, the Fethering residents start to worry about the loss of this popular amenity. Alarmed by rumours that the café might become a Starbucks, a group clubs together to form the Save Polly’s Cake Shop Action Committee.
The plan is that Polly’s should become a community venture, managed and run by volunteers from the village. Roped in to help, Jude finds the committee meetings fraught with petty power struggles, clashing personalities and monstrous egos. Matters take a turn for the worse when she and Carole come across a badly-decomposed body on Fethering beach – and uncover a link to Polly’s. Not only do the two neighbours have to find out whodunit, they are also faced with the thorny question: is it possible to run a business on that most volatile of commodities - goodwill?