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Didn't finish listening to this book. I quit at the half point because it was slow, stuffy and just boring. (

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Kathy89 | Feb 25, 2009 |

I was disappointed with this book, the first one I read death on the downs was very good, but this one was very hard to stay with (

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artcroswell | Mar 4, 2008 |

An Audio CD produced by ISIS Audio books, 8 hrs 30 mins, read by the author. I have already read the book, soon after it came out, but that didn't prevent my enjoyment of this reading, listening in 20 min gobbets driving to and from work. Bracketts, once the home of poet Esmund Chadleigh, is an Elizabethan house, now a museum devoted to the remembrance of Chadleigh. Carole Seddon, retired public servant, becomes a trustee on the board of Bracketts, but board meetings are complicated by the discovery of a skeleton in the kitchen garden. Carole and her neighbour Jude become involved when there is a shooting in the house car park. Obviously Bracketts has secrets some one is keen to keep hidden. I am an addict of Simon Brett's writing, converted by reading the Charles Paris series, but I also think he is a very skilful reader. (

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smik | Apr 28, 2007 |

I loved this. Having only read one or two Bretts before, I wasn’t sure I liked him, but this was quintessentially British and very well done. One thing that did grate after a while was the constant mention of Carole’s middle class ways, habits & upbringing. Yeah, we get it. She’s rigid & hidebound, now let’s get on with it. Bah.

The mystery was set up beautifully; a tight clan of people who have come to loathe one another is introduced. Several suspects and victims among them. Motives are revealed and we have sympathy for some, none for others. Nice work. (

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Bookmarque | Mar 26, 2007 |

Really good mystery! I was left guessing right up to the very end. I was a little put off by Carole's attitude, but I absolutely love Jude's out look on life. Brett wrapped things up nicely @ the very end. (

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magst | Jun 7, 2006 |

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Fethering Mysteries (book 4)

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Murder in the Museum

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Carole Seddon was good at meetings, but only when she was running them.

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Bracketts, an Elizabethan house near the town of Fethering, is about to be turned into a museum. Once the home of celebrated poet Esmund Chadleigh, it has now been decided that it should become a shrine to his life and poetry. But the transition from house to museum is running far from smoothly. For a sudden discovery is made: Buried in the kitchen garden is a human skeleton. And before too long, there is a second body, not yet cold. Murder is no longer just a dreadful possibility, but a certainty. It is a case that will test the sleuthing powers of Board member Carole Seddon and her friend Jude as never before ...Praise for Simon Brett and the "Fethering Mysteries": 'A good, juicy, very English murder mystery.' - "Daily Mail". 'A crime novel in the traditional style, with delightful little touches of humour and vignettes of a small town and its bitchy inhabitants.' - "Sunday Telegraph".

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