Decluttering Mystery #02: An Untidy Death

Decluttering Mystery #02: An Untidy Death
Simon Brett
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Trade Paperback
h216 x 138mm - 192pg
24 Feb 2022 UK
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9781780298054
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When the body of a prospective client is discovered in her burned-out home, declutterer Ellen Curtis is drawn into a baffling investigation where nothing is as it first appears. "My mother' s going to kill herself . . . That is, if I don' t kill her first. " When Alexandra Richards approaches professional declutterer Ellen Curtis to ask her to help sort out her mother' s chaotic flat, Ellen gets the impression Alexandra doesn' t like her mother very much. But when Ingrid Richards' body is discovered in her burned-out home, Alexandra' s exasperated words don' t seem such a joke. Due to the hazardous state of the victim' s over-cluttered residence, the police are inclined to dismiss her death as an unfortunate accident. Ellen' s not so sure. Could Alexandra' s resentment towards her mother have escalated into outright violence? The more she discovers about the dead woman' s remarkable past, the more convinced Ellen becomes that there' s something decidedly suspicious about her death. At least she can console herself that clearing out widower Edward Finch' s bungalow will be a straightforward job in comparison. But in this assumption, Ellen couldn' t be more wrong . . .

#01: Clutter Corpse, The
#02: An Untidy Death
#03: Waste of a Life

Brett fans, along with readers who liked Richard Roper' s How Not to Die Alone, will love this quirky, warmhearted mystery * Booklist Starred Review of The Clutter Corpse * An imaginative plot with a generous quota of surprises . . . Highly enjoyable * Daily Mail on The Clutter Corpse * The appealing Ellen . . . is sure to win many loyal fans * Publishers Weekly on The Clutter Corpse * Come for the clues, stay for the heroine' s appealingly no-nonsense new voice * Kirkus Reviews on The Clutter Corpse * The first in a new series featuring professional tidier-upper Ellen Curtis . . . This psychologist in rubber gloves is an engaging narrator * Guardian on The Clutter Corpse *
Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full-time. He is the author of more than 100 books including the much-loved Fethering, Charles Paris, and Mrs Pargeter series, and the brand-new Decluttering mysteries. In 2014 he won the CWA' s prestigious Diamond Dagger for an outstanding body of work, and in 2016 he was awarded an OBE for services to literature. He lives in an Agatha Christie-style village in the South Downs.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781780298054
Published: 24 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Severn House
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 192

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