Simon Brett

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born

October 28, 1945 in Worcester Park, Surrey, The United Kingdom

gender

male

website

http://www.simonbrett.com

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Children's Books, Humor

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Simon Brett is a prolific British writer of whodunnits.

He is the son of a Chartered Surveyor and was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a first class honours degree in English.

He then joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for BBC Radio and London Weekend Television, where his work included 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Frank Muir Goes Into ...'.

After his spells with the media he devoting most of his time to writing from the late 1970s and is well known for his various series of crime novels.

He is married with three children and lives in Burpham, near Arundel, West Sussex, England. He is the current president of the Detection Club.

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Books by Simon Brett

Average rating: 3.45 · 3,877 ratings · 553 reviews · 139 distinct works

	The Body on the Beach (Fethering, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Death on the Downs (Fethering, #2) 3.44 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2001 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Torso in the Town (Fethering, #3) 3.44 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Murder In the Museum (Fethering, #4) 3.38 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Witness at the Wedding (Fethering, #6) 3.46 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Stabbing in the Stables (Fethering, #7) 3.53 avg rating — 150 ratings — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Hanging in the Hotel (Fethering, #5) 3.41 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Poisoning in the Pub (Fethering, #10) 3.41 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	My rating:
	A Nice Class of Corpse 3.47 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh (Mrs Pargeter, #4) 3.43 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	My rating:

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Series by Simon Brett

Fethering Mystery (12 books)
by Simon Brett

3.44 avg rating — 1,889 ratings

Charles Paris (17 books)
by Simon Brett

3.51 avg rating — 705 ratings

Mrs Pargeter (6 books)
by Simon Brett

3.45 avg rating — 566 ratings

Blotto and Twinks (3 books)
by Simon Brett

2.85 avg rating — 131 ratings

Nightingale (1 book)
by Simon Brett

3.26 avg rating — 43 ratings

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“The only situation which might justify panic is one in which panic is likely to help. Such a situation never arises. Though pretended panic may sometimes cause a useful diversion, real panic can never be anything other than a waste of energy.”
― Simon Brett, Mrs. Pargeter's Package

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