'A new Simon Brett novel is an event for mystery fans!' P.D. James

'Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone' Jilly Cooper

'Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted' Sunday Times
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For Major Bricket, attending church in his village of Stunston Peveril in Suffolk is a good way to keep up with the village gossip. Having only recently retired from a career where he was privy to many international secrets, the Major likes to stay in the know.

Events take a turn one Sunday though when, after the morning service, Major Bricket notices the door to the bell tower open... and finds a body at the bottom of the stairs.

The dead man is dressed in a suit and dog collar. But who is he? And could someone in Stunston Peveril have killed him?

Perhaps predictably, most of the village residents seem more concerned with the Parish Council flower arranging rota than the mysterious corpse.

Major Bricket will have to rely on his long-nurtured detection skills, and his trusted friends Nga Luong and Rod, to solve the case.

Praise for Simon Brett
Murder most enjoyable -- Colin Dexter
Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone -- Jilly Cooper
A new Simon Brett novel is an event for mystery fans! -- P.D. James
Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted * Sunday Times *
Like a little malice in your mysteries? Some cynicism in your cozies? Simon Brett is happy to oblige * New York Times *
The wittiest around -- Antonia Fraser
A delightful, thoroughly English whodunnit * Daily Mail *

SIMON BRETT is the author of over one hundred books, many of them crime novels, including the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter and Fethering series. Educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, Simon was chairman of the Crime Writers Association from 1986 to 1987 and of the Society of Authors from 1995 to 1997. He was also President of the Detection Club and was awarded the 2014 CWA Diamond Dagger. In 2016 he was awarded an OBE for services to literature. He lives near Arundel in West Sussex and is married with three grown-up children and six grandchildren.