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Author
Series
Decluttering mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Alexandra Richards approaches professional declutterer Ellen Curtis to ask her to help sort out her mother's chaotic flat, Ellen gets the impression Alexandra doesn't like her mother very much. But when Ingrid Richards' body is discovered in her burned-out home, Alexandra's exasperated words don't seem such a joke. Due to the hazardous state of the victim's over-cluttered residence, the police are inclined to dismiss her death as an unfortunate...
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Very little disturbs the ordered calm of Fethering, a self-contained retirement settlement on England's southern coast. Which is precisely why Carole Seddon has chosen to reside there. The last thing Carole expects to encounter in Fethering is a new neighbor with but one name and an obviously colourful past. 'Jude' was not really Fethering ... but neither was the body Carole found on the beach. A body, it has to be said, that has disappeared by the...
Author
Series
Decluttering mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Ellen Curtis is about to have her own life thrown into chaos in this third light-hearted decluttering mystery! Declutterer Ellen Curtis has been working to bring order into the life of Cedric Waites, a recluse in his eighties who hasn't left his house or let anyone inside it since his wife died. On one of her regular visits, Ellen finds the old man dead. Sad but, given his age, perhaps not unexpected. Nothing to get worked up about... until the police...
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The affluent seaside resort of Smalting is unaccustomed to crime. So when human remains are found beneath the floorboards of one of its beach huts, the community is awash with suspicion and fear.
Author
Series
Decluttering mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Ellen Curtis runs her own business helping people who are running out of space. As a declutterer, she is used to encountering all sorts of weird and wonderful objects in the course of her work. What she has never before encountered is a dead body. When Ellen stumbles across the body of a young woman in an over-cluttered flat, suspicion immediately falls on the deceased homeowner's son, who has recently absconded from prison. No doubt Nate Ogden is...
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Cre`me de la Crime
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When a private viewing of works by a controversial artist turns from lively to violent, Fethering residents Carole and Jude believe that the local police are wrong about a suicide ruling and privately investigate suspicions that a murder has taken place.
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Local store Gallimaufry is burnt down and a body is discovered in the ashes. It seems like a tragic accident but noone can die of natural causes when a gun is involved. The victim was young, pretty and successful -- who could possibly want her dead? With a host of suspects lady detectives Carol Seddon and best friend Jude know they have their work cut out for them.
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
While waitressing at the Hopwicke Country House Hotel as a favor for a friend, Jude becomes involved in murder when a member of the Pillars of Sussex, a group of local businessmen, is found dead and Jude suspects foul play.
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Créme de la Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Carole Seddon's trusty Renault is one of her most treasured possessions. So when it is vandalised, there's only one person she will entrust with its repair: Bill Shefford has been servicing the vehicles of the good citizens of Fethering for many years. But how could something like this happen in Fethering of all places? Then the note is shoved under Carole's kitchen door: Watch out. The car window was just the start. It would appear that she has...
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Crème de la Crime, an imprint of Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2014, [2013]
Language
English
Description
When Jude agrees to lend her vintage chaise longue for the local Amateur Dramatics Society's production of George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, little does she realize she'll end up in a starring role. It's an ambitious play, culminating in a dramatic execution scene: a scene that's played for real when one of the leading actors is found hanging from the especially-constructed stage gallows during rehearsals. A tragic accident--or something...
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 19
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Although she hadn't known Leonard Mallett very well, nor liked him particularly, Carole Seddon feels duty bound to attend her fellow committee member's funeral. As she suspected, the hymns, readings and sermon are all very predictable - not unlike Leonard himself. What she couldn't have predicted was that the deceased's daughter would use the occasion to publicly accuse her stepmother of murder. Did Heather Mallett really kill her husband, as many...
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Entering Connie's Clip Joint for a haircut, Carole Seddon instead stumbles upon the scene of a murder when she finds the body of a young assistant who had been strangled with the electrical cord of a hairdryer.
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When a talk by successful author Burton St Clair at Fethering Library ends in sudden, violent death, Jude finds herself the prime suspect in the ensuing murder investigation. She must enlist the help of her neighbour Carole not just to solve the crime, but to prove she didn't commit it"--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
During a visit to Long Bamber Stables, Jude and Carole Seddon stumble upon the body of the co-owner of the stables, Walter Fleet, whose death is attributed to the "Horse Ripper," an enigmatic perpetrator wanted for mutilating mares throughout West Sussex.
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Cr©Łeme de la Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Carole and Jude's Turkish holiday takes a murderous turn in the new Fethering mystery Carole Seddon has never enjoyed holidays much. Nevertheless, she has allowed herself to be persuaded by her friend Jude to accept a fortnight's free accommodation at a luxurious Turkish villa owned by Jude's property developer friend Barney Willingdon. But from the outset the holiday is marred by a series of menacing incidents: threatening messages daubed on the...
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When a young man is found in the kitchen of Fethering's local pub with a knife through his heart, amateur detectives Carole and Jude swing into action. There's a killer on the loose and our lady sleuths need to uncover who it is before its last orders for the pub--and themselves.
Author
Series
Fethering mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When Jude wanders into Fethering's local bookies she has no idea that she will shortly be investigating the murder of Polish immigrant Tadeusz Jankowski. With her partner in crime, friend and next-door-neighbor Carole, she's determined to discover who killed him and why.
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