Mrs. Pargeter’s Plot by Simon Brett

June 14, 2025

While Simon Brett’s fourth Mrs. Pargeter’s book, Mrs. Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh, was my favorite in the series so far, I had a hard time getting through Mrs. Pargeter’s Plot. The entire situation was a little too bizarre for me. Mrs. P is...

Mrs. Pargeter’s Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett

May 30, 2025

If a health spa sounds like an unlikely spot for Mrs. Pargeter, you’re right. But, the kindly widow agrees to accompany a friend, Kim Thurrock, to Brotherton Hall health spa for a few days. In fact, Mrs. P and Mrs. Thurrock have something in common. They both...

Mrs. Pargeter’s Package by Simon Brett

May 17, 2025

I haven’t forgotten that I’m reading Bill Crider’s Sheriff Dan Rhodes series, but Simon Brett’s Mrs. Pargeter books are coming in faster through the library system. And, after just reading Emily Sullivan’s A Death on Corfu, it came as a...

Mrs, Presumed Dead by Simon Brett

May 14, 2025

In the second Mrs. Pargeter mystery, Mrs, Presumed Dead, Brett’s perceptive amateur sleuth moves from a seaside retirement home to an executive home. She’s not sure Smithy’s Loam is where she wants to live, but she gives herself six months to...

A Nice Class of Corpse by Simon Brett

May 09, 2025

A Nice Class of Corpse is only the second mystery by Simon Brett that I’ve read. I read one of his Blotto and Twinks books, but it wasn’t for me, and I just never picked up another one of his books. But, Aubrey Hamilton continued to push the Mrs. Pargeter...