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Death on the Downs
- Narrated by: Simon Brett
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
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 straitlaced 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 had disappeared from the village months before....
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- David
- 17-01-24
Another good one
They’re funny, these. Each one so far starts off with a description of indescribably (except that they ARE well described!) awful people-the protagonist herself is not hugely attractive - an yet, each time, a compelling, exciting, and well crafted story emerges. So: if you start one, and think, ‘I can’t bear any of these people’, stick with it. Well narrated, too.
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- Trevelyan
- 07-02-20
Really enjoyable
This is the second book I have read in this series and found it quite different in tone to the first one but just as enjoyable. This book was a little darker and more serious than the first and at times, quite exciting (Fort Pittsburgh!!) but never too worrying.
This was much more a murder mystery than an amusing commentary on society and I was a little surprised at the change in emphasis.
I very much enjoyed Simon Brett as the narrator and look forward to finding number three in the series.
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- Franster
- 18-04-20
great fun
Very descriptive of the countryside and village life. all good fun and very clever much impressed.
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- Ms
- 03-06-19
An easy and enjoyable read.
How fortunate I was to have discovered Simon Brett. I love how his murder mystery stories don't attempt to win readers by shocking them with blood and gore but simply take them on a delightful journey to the end of the mystery. His characters are so like many people I know, I feel like I could be living in the fictional town of Feathering. Simon Brett is also a wonderful narrator with a clear, eloquent voice that matches his stories perfectly. Although this is only the second book of his I have read, I am already looking forward to the rest of the series.
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- J Alexander
- 05-03-24
Great story as are all the Fethering mysteries
I love Simon Brett reading and his stories are always so good. Don’t miss this one
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- old english chewie
- 28-01-22
another great story
loved this story, well read and enjoyable to the end, would recommend it to anyone who loves cosy crime stories.
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- Penny Larkin
- 12-05-23
another great story
How can you go wrong with a Simon Brett book? You can't. Great narrator too.
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- Cait Whitson
- 15-12-22
As ever a comfortable listen with Simon
Love these books…great literary style and languorously easy listening if you want a non-challenging bit of pure English intrigue and murder mystery. Brett has to be my favourite writer for radio - humorous, light and terribly well written scripts that I can listen to over and over. While his novels aren’t *quite* as clever they still delight me and I thoroughly enjoy his delivery as the reader. I read this while I gilded the ceiling of a lovely Scottish castle …and what a perfect way to block out all the building site sounds and immerse myself in the therapeutic process of applying gold. I’ll off and download another alliteratively appellated enigma to finish the job. Thank you Mr Brett
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- Charlotte S.
- 22-10-23
Wonderful from Simon Brett
Another thrilling tale from the feathering mysteries! Really enjoyable listen with lots of enthralling details
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- Kindle Customer
- 19-01-24
Simon's way if keeping you glued to his story
it was all good. well thought through. lots of intrique. kept the interest through out
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