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The Liar in the Library

Simon Brett author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Canongate Books

Published:6th Jun '19

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'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans' P. D. JAMES

'King of the witty village mystery' Daily Telegraph

'Perfect entertainment' Guardian


Fethering has everything a sleepy coastal town should: a snug English pub, cosy cottages, a little local library - and the occasional murder . . .

Bestselling author Burton St Clair, complete with soaring ego and wandering hands, has come to town to give a talk. But after his corpse is found slumped in his car, he won't be leaving. Jude is the prime suspect; she was, after all, the last person to see Burton St Clair alive. If she is to prove her innocence, she will have to dust off her detective skills and recruit her prim and proper neighbour (and partner-in-sleuthing) Carole to find the real culprit.

A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans -- P. D. JAMES
King of the witty village mystery * * Daily Telegraph * *
Crime writing just like in the good old days, and perfect entertainment * * Guardian * *
Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted... as Simon Brett * * Sunday Times * *
Simon Brett writes the kind of good whodunits that could have been written fifty years ago . . . and he has a sly sense of humour * * The Times * *
One of the wittiest crime writers around -- ANTONIA FRASER
One of the exceptional detective story writers around * * Telegraph * *
Murder most enjoyable . . . An author who never takes himself that seriously, and for whom any fictional murder can frequently form part of the entertainment industry -- COLIN DEXTER
Deftly contrived, light-hearted mysteries * * The Times * *

ISBN: 9781786894861

Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 140g

192 pages

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