Death on the Downs

De: Simon Brett

Narrado por: Geoffrey Howard

It isn't the rain that upsets Carole Seddon during her walk on the West Sussex Downs. It isn't the dilapidated barn in which she is forced to seek shelter. No, what upsets her is the human skeleton she discovers there, neatly packed into two blue fertilizer bags.

So begins the second investigation for strait-laced Carole and her more laid-back neighbor Jude. This time their inquiries take them away from their seaside village of Fethering to the small downland hamlet of Weldisham.

There gossips quickly identify the corpse as Tamsin Lutteridge, a young woman who disappeared from the village months before. Detective Sergeant Baylis will confirm nothing. So why is Tamsin's mother, a friend of Jude's, so certain her daughter is still alive? Why is village elder statesman Graham Forbes suddenly taking an interest in Carole? And why is the decidedly unstable Brian Helling so keen to announce that there is a serial killer on the loose?

As Jude sets out to find Tamsin, either dead or alive, Carole digs deeper into Weldisham's history and the bitter relationships simmering beneath the village's gentle facade.

©2001 Simon Brett (P)2002 Blackstone Audiobooks

So glad I found this series!

These are a cross between “actual” mysteries, and “cozy mysteries. No gratuitous blood and gore and descriptions of violence, but not sugary sweet and silly. Story is solid mystery. Narration is good. Really enjoying the series. On to book three!

Mind Boggling

The story was excellent the plot twist and turns
kept me up i had to finish couldnt go to sleep untill i finished the narrator was excellent i reccomend this book to any mystery buff

Gentle mystery well told.

I like this series because the main characters are so loveable, in spite of their peculiarities. The mystery is well thought out and plausible. Surprise endings but not unbelievable. Fun read.

Predictable.

Formula story with weak characters. Okay for an airplane read. Writing not bad but could be a television script.

I really like this series

I am really enjoying this series. I was looking for something similar to the Cherringham series which I greatly enjoy. Bunburry didn’t do it for me, but this one is very good.

Love his series.

This is a interesting cozy mystery. Well written and good performance. I've read the first book as well and am starting the third as soon as I press submit on this review.

Nice cozy mystery

Sometimes the narrator sounded AI. Good series


Will be reading other books in this series

A quaint village murder

It was to find a murder mystery saga set in a quiet English village. But I did find that tale in the imaginary town of Fetherington.

Potential

I’m not sure why I bought this because I had the same complaint about the first book - and that’s the narrator. He puts no expression into what he reads, it’s almost a monotone. In the end, I couldn’t finish the book because the narration was just so annoying. The actual stories seem to have promise so I may try reading them rather than listening to them.

Fun and interesting

Enjoyed this story with its different twists and turns. The narrator could have more variation in the different voices, he is a bit monotonal.