**Simon Brett ** is the author of more than one hundred books, including the much-loved Fethering mysteries, Charles Paris series and the Decluttering mysteries as well as the Mrs Pargeter novels. In 2014, he was awarded the Crime Writers' Association's prestigious Diamond Dagger, and in the 2016 Ne...

**Simon Brett ** is the author of more than one hundred books, including the much-loved Fethering mysteries, Charles Paris series and the Decluttering mysteries as well as the Mrs Pargeter novels. In 2014, he was awarded the Crime Writers' Association's prestigious Diamond Dagger, and in the 2016 New Year's Honours he was awarded an OBE 'for services to literature'.