What do you think?
Rate this book
Fethering #16
The Tomb in Turkey
Carole and Jude’s Turkish holiday takes a murderous turn in this Fethering mystery.
Carole Seddon has never enjoyed holidays much. Nevertheless, she has allowed herself to be persuaded by her friend Jude to accept a fortnight’s free accommodation at a luxurious Turkish villa owned by Jude’s property developer friend Barney Willingdon. But from the outset the holiday is marred by a series of menacing incidents: threatening messages daubed on the villa walls; and their host being accosted by a knife-wielding man at a local restaurant. As Carole and Jude launch into what they do best - investigating - it becomes clear that Barney Willingdon has made plenty of enemies, with his ruthless business deals and complicated love life. Matters come to a head when Carole’s sightseeing trip to nearby Pinara is curtailed by the discovery of a body in one of the ancient Lycian tombs. And what really did happen to Barney’s first wife, Zoe?
Carole Seddon has never enjoyed holidays much. Nevertheless, she has allowed herself to be persuaded by her friend Jude to accept a fortnight’s free accommodation at a luxurious Turkish villa owned by Jude’s property developer friend Barney Willingdon. But from the outset the holiday is marred by a series of menacing incidents: threatening messages daubed on the villa walls; and their host being accosted by a knife-wielding man at a local restaurant. As Carole and Jude launch into what they do best - investigating - it becomes clear that Barney Willingdon has made plenty of enemies, with his ruthless business deals and complicated love life. Matters come to a head when Carole’s sightseeing trip to nearby Pinara is curtailed by the discovery of a body in one of the ancient Lycian tombs. And what really did happen to Barney’s first wife, Zoe?
192 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2015
40 people are currently reading
315 people want to read
About the author
Simon Brett
329 books532 followersSimon Brett is a prolific British writer of whodunnits.
He is the son of a Chartered Surveyor and was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a first class honours degree in English.
He then joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for BBC Radio and London Weekend Television, where his work included 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Frank Muir Goes Into ...'.
After his spells with the media he began devoting most of his time to writing from the late 1970s and is well known for his various series of crime novels.
He is married with three children and lives in Burpham, near Arundel, West Sussex, England. He is the current president of the Detection Club.
He is the son of a Chartered Surveyor and was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he got a first class honours degree in English.
He then joined the BBC as a trainee and worked for BBC Radio and London Weekend Television, where his work included 'Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' and 'Frank Muir Goes Into ...'.
After his spells with the media he began devoting most of his time to writing from the late 1970s and is well known for his various series of crime novels.
He is married with three children and lives in Burpham, near Arundel, West Sussex, England. He is the current president of the Detection Club.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 30 of 107 reviews
December 21, 2024
Neighbors Carole Seddon and Jude may be able to leave their Sussex village of Feathering behind, but not murder and intrigue!
A former lover offers Jude (and a friend) a chance for a fortnight’s stay in a luxurious villa in Turkey for free. Barry Willingdon, now a moneyed property developer with a trophy wife with cut-glass vowels, has made a mint building luxury villas for rich British tourists eager for the sunshine and antiquities of Turkey. But, as Jude soon discovers, Willingdon has acquired a reputation as a fast operator, and unsettling occurrences threaten to turn their dream vacation in Turkey into a nightmare.
Carole and Jude are always a study in contrasts, and I didn’t expect this 16th entry in the Feathering mystery series to be any different. Pretty, blonde, heavyset Jude, an alternative healer, has an unlikely friendship with Carole, a divorced, opinionated, determinedly conventional Home Office retiree of the old stiff-upper-lip sort. But in my review of The Strangling on the Stage, which immediately precedes The Tomb in Turkey, I marveled at how far Carole had come, thanks to the generous attentions of her neighbor Jude. But at the start of this novel, Carole’s almost as prickly, priggish, and close-minded as she was in the series’ debut, The Body on the Beach. Thankfully, once the body turns up, Carole begins to “untwitch,” as Jude calls it; even so, by the time Carole arrives in Turkey, she’s been such an ungrateful, tiresome pill that it surprised me that Jude didn’t just dis-invite Carole from the free two-week stay in Turkey. The patient, sanguine Jude certainly deserves a gold star in her crown, as my Sunday School teacher would say!
Still, Carole’s initially prickly behavior can perhaps be chalked up to her anxieties (which are ever present) at her first-ever exotic holiday. And the ensuing mystery more than made up for it. As usual, Simon Brett pens the believable characters and wonderfully inventive plot twists that keep readers eager for the next installment.
A former lover offers Jude (and a friend) a chance for a fortnight’s stay in a luxurious villa in Turkey for free. Barry Willingdon, now a moneyed property developer with a trophy wife with cut-glass vowels, has made a mint building luxury villas for rich British tourists eager for the sunshine and antiquities of Turkey. But, as Jude soon discovers, Willingdon has acquired a reputation as a fast operator, and unsettling occurrences threaten to turn their dream vacation in Turkey into a nightmare.
Carole and Jude are always a study in contrasts, and I didn’t expect this 16th entry in the Feathering mystery series to be any different. Pretty, blonde, heavyset Jude, an alternative healer, has an unlikely friendship with Carole, a divorced, opinionated, determinedly conventional Home Office retiree of the old stiff-upper-lip sort. But in my review of The Strangling on the Stage, which immediately precedes The Tomb in Turkey, I marveled at how far Carole had come, thanks to the generous attentions of her neighbor Jude. But at the start of this novel, Carole’s almost as prickly, priggish, and close-minded as she was in the series’ debut, The Body on the Beach. Thankfully, once the body turns up, Carole begins to “untwitch,” as Jude calls it; even so, by the time Carole arrives in Turkey, she’s been such an ungrateful, tiresome pill that it surprised me that Jude didn’t just dis-invite Carole from the free two-week stay in Turkey. The patient, sanguine Jude certainly deserves a gold star in her crown, as my Sunday School teacher would say!
Still, Carole’s initially prickly behavior can perhaps be chalked up to her anxieties (which are ever present) at her first-ever exotic holiday. And the ensuing mystery more than made up for it. As usual, Simon Brett pens the believable characters and wonderfully inventive plot twists that keep readers eager for the next installment.
October 19, 2022
This is entertaining mix of travel to Turkey and murder investigations for the two adventurous ladies from Fethering. I have only read a handful of books from this series, but that did not cause a problem.
This one makes me want to revisit series and pick up on more of the books I have yet to read.
Library Loan
This one makes me want to revisit series and pick up on more of the books I have yet to read.
Library Loan
June 5, 2015
I read this book because I had travelled to Turkey and seen some of the areas where the book takes place. Otherwise the book was a dud. Poorly written with an obvious murderer. Pick the nastiest person! No subtly at all! The amateur detectives interrogate people as if they had some right to ask detailed questions. The interviewees answer the questions dumbly rather than telling the amateur woman detective to get lost. Get real!
February 23, 2015
Another clever and witty Fethering story about the neighbours, Jude and Carole who between them have an uncanny knack of stumbling into murder scenes and in uncovering the crime finally unmask the perpetrator.
In the novel Brett has taken the bold but fully justified step of re-locating the crime solving duo to a holiday villa in Turkey.
The first half of the book is spent setting the scene and unsettling his two main characters as the debate going on holiday together. This is perhaps a writer's joy as he pushes the boundaries he has previously set for his characters. Also in a way with the readers' acceptance he demonstrates the ability to grow and change with new experiences.
His new cast at home and abroad are well written that it always an enjoyable read, pages just pass you by in this entertaining adventure a perfect antidote to winter blues, a creative escape.
It remains faithful to this wonderful series with asides to previous "cases". The scope given to fly off to Turkey seems to allow the author to factor (50) in much more fun.
In the novel Brett has taken the bold but fully justified step of re-locating the crime solving duo to a holiday villa in Turkey.
The first half of the book is spent setting the scene and unsettling his two main characters as the debate going on holiday together. This is perhaps a writer's joy as he pushes the boundaries he has previously set for his characters. Also in a way with the readers' acceptance he demonstrates the ability to grow and change with new experiences.
His new cast at home and abroad are well written that it always an enjoyable read, pages just pass you by in this entertaining adventure a perfect antidote to winter blues, a creative escape.
It remains faithful to this wonderful series with asides to previous "cases". The scope given to fly off to Turkey seems to allow the author to factor (50) in much more fun.
September 2, 2020
Unfortunately we are in potboiler territory now, and that is precisely what this book is.
Jude is a wobbly 50, instead of a wobbly 70, and still cavorts, while Carole is believable, as she always was.
Jude is a wobbly 50, instead of a wobbly 70, and still cavorts, while Carole is believable, as she always was.
June 15, 2015
I have to say I was disappointed in this mystery by Simon Brett. I have enjoyed his Charles Paris mysteries featuring a moderately successful English stage actor who gets tangled up in mysteries that he then solves. However, this is a different series, with two female protagonists who serve as foils for each other. Both live in the small village of Fethering, England, thus the name of the series.
Carole Seddon is a prim, nitpicky retiree, who can't seem to let go and enjoy life because she's never outgrown the strict rules imposed by her parents. Her partner in crime-solving is Jude Nichols, a free-wheeling friend who is a holistic healer by trade. Much of the novel's humor comes from the interplay of these two very different women.
In this book, Jude wants to go on an overseas vacation, and a former lover whom she's still acquainted with, Barney Willingdon, has offered to let her and a friend stay in the Turkish resort of Kayaköy -- for free. Their relationship ended years ago, before Willingdon was married. But prudish Carole isn't sure it's proper to go; she feels guilty at the very idea of taking a vacation. So she hems and haws and has to be coaxed into going.
Of course, nothing is ever as simple as it seems. It turns out Willingdon's wife, Zoe, died under mysterious circumstances while scuba diving off the Turkish coast, and he's been having an affair with Nita Davies, his property manager in Kayaköy. To further complicate matters, he wants to restart his affair with Jude, though she has no interest in doing so. And Willingdon's current wife, Henry, is suspicious of both Nita and Jude. Suspicious enough to travel to Kayaköy with a private investigator and without her husband's knowledge to check up on what he’s doing.
"The Tomb in Turkey" is well-written; the plot is OK. But the characters rarely come alive on the pages. They are flat. Even the interplay between Carole and Jude seems forced at times. The plot rambles along without any real sense of danger or suspense. The identification of the villain of the piece isn't that surprising, and the murderer's motivation seems weak. Even the setting is kind of blah.
I thought I would like this because it's set near an archaeological site. But there isn't much information in the book about the tombs or any of the rest of the site. I was thoroughly disappointed all round. This is the 16th book in the Fethering series, so perhaps Brett has run out of steam. Maybe the earlier ones are better. I'm not sure I care enough to read the first one to see.
Carole Seddon is a prim, nitpicky retiree, who can't seem to let go and enjoy life because she's never outgrown the strict rules imposed by her parents. Her partner in crime-solving is Jude Nichols, a free-wheeling friend who is a holistic healer by trade. Much of the novel's humor comes from the interplay of these two very different women.
In this book, Jude wants to go on an overseas vacation, and a former lover whom she's still acquainted with, Barney Willingdon, has offered to let her and a friend stay in the Turkish resort of Kayaköy -- for free. Their relationship ended years ago, before Willingdon was married. But prudish Carole isn't sure it's proper to go; she feels guilty at the very idea of taking a vacation. So she hems and haws and has to be coaxed into going.
Of course, nothing is ever as simple as it seems. It turns out Willingdon's wife, Zoe, died under mysterious circumstances while scuba diving off the Turkish coast, and he's been having an affair with Nita Davies, his property manager in Kayaköy. To further complicate matters, he wants to restart his affair with Jude, though she has no interest in doing so. And Willingdon's current wife, Henry, is suspicious of both Nita and Jude. Suspicious enough to travel to Kayaköy with a private investigator and without her husband's knowledge to check up on what he’s doing.
"The Tomb in Turkey" is well-written; the plot is OK. But the characters rarely come alive on the pages. They are flat. Even the interplay between Carole and Jude seems forced at times. The plot rambles along without any real sense of danger or suspense. The identification of the villain of the piece isn't that surprising, and the murderer's motivation seems weak. Even the setting is kind of blah.
I thought I would like this because it's set near an archaeological site. But there isn't much information in the book about the tombs or any of the rest of the site. I was thoroughly disappointed all round. This is the 16th book in the Fethering series, so perhaps Brett has run out of steam. Maybe the earlier ones are better. I'm not sure I care enough to read the first one to see.
November 28, 2014
Going on holiday to Turkey for a fortnight is way outside Carole Seddon's comfort zone and when her friend and next door neighbour, Jude invites her to go she is dubious. Carol naturally wants to know why this property developer friend of Jude's has offered her a villa free of charge and suspects it may be payment for 'service rendered'.
Barney Willingdon is in fact one of Jude's former lovers but she broke off her relationship with him because she didn't trust him. Now he wants to rekindle their relationship and threatening to appear at the villa they will be using. Jude wonders about the fate of his first wife too.
I really enjoyed reading this book and read it in less than twenty four hours. It is amusing and the author has got the relationship between Jude and Carole just right. I was alternately chuckling and wincing because I can recognise some of Carole's traits in myself. The mystery is actually quite slight but I hardly realised that while I was reading as the relationships between the characters kept me turning the pages.
I'm sure the many fans of the Fethering series will love this latest addition even though the action does mainly take place outside Fethering. The series can be read in any order but if you read them in the order in which they were published you can see the relationship between Carole and Jude developing. I received a free copy of his book for review purposes from NetGalley.
Barney Willingdon is in fact one of Jude's former lovers but she broke off her relationship with him because she didn't trust him. Now he wants to rekindle their relationship and threatening to appear at the villa they will be using. Jude wonders about the fate of his first wife too.
I really enjoyed reading this book and read it in less than twenty four hours. It is amusing and the author has got the relationship between Jude and Carole just right. I was alternately chuckling and wincing because I can recognise some of Carole's traits in myself. The mystery is actually quite slight but I hardly realised that while I was reading as the relationships between the characters kept me turning the pages.
I'm sure the many fans of the Fethering series will love this latest addition even though the action does mainly take place outside Fethering. The series can be read in any order but if you read them in the order in which they were published you can see the relationship between Carole and Jude developing. I received a free copy of his book for review purposes from NetGalley.
May 15, 2015
The Tomb in Turkey by Simon Brett.
Carole and Jude are neighbors in the south-coast village of Fethering. Though they are neighbors and keeping touch with each other in the everyday swing of things no two people could be more different. Jude has a career as a faith healer of sorts with quite an assortment of clients that keep her busy. Carole on the other hand enjoys her solitude and her idea of busy is taking her dog, Gulliver, for morning walks along the beach, cleaning her house to the point of it being immaculate and working on a crossword puzzle. They are two entirely different people with few subjects to agree on.
Jude has been offered a lovely villa to stay at in Turkey by an old friend. That old friend, Barney Willingdon, has invited Jude and a friend of her choice to stay at one of the villas he built. Morning glory sounds marvelous and the offer seems like the chance of a lifetime for a get away. Jude asks Carole to go with her and that's where the difference in personalities becomes quite apparent.
At long last they agree to embark on their journey and arrive in Turkey. Jude decides to lull poolside while Carole travels by car alone in this new environment and comes to The Lycian tombs. Then our story takes on a completely new direction...for both of them.
If there is one thing the girls agree on it's sleuthing!
Carole and Jude are neighbors in the south-coast village of Fethering. Though they are neighbors and keeping touch with each other in the everyday swing of things no two people could be more different. Jude has a career as a faith healer of sorts with quite an assortment of clients that keep her busy. Carole on the other hand enjoys her solitude and her idea of busy is taking her dog, Gulliver, for morning walks along the beach, cleaning her house to the point of it being immaculate and working on a crossword puzzle. They are two entirely different people with few subjects to agree on.
Jude has been offered a lovely villa to stay at in Turkey by an old friend. That old friend, Barney Willingdon, has invited Jude and a friend of her choice to stay at one of the villas he built. Morning glory sounds marvelous and the offer seems like the chance of a lifetime for a get away. Jude asks Carole to go with her and that's where the difference in personalities becomes quite apparent.
At long last they agree to embark on their journey and arrive in Turkey. Jude decides to lull poolside while Carole travels by car alone in this new environment and comes to The Lycian tombs. Then our story takes on a completely new direction...for both of them.
If there is one thing the girls agree on it's sleuthing!
October 18, 2018
I have read many of the authors works and after all these years still find them enjoyable. I am up to date with the Fethering series but for some reason I left this one after a couple of chapters and forgot about about it.
Although this one is a bit of a change of scenery for the girls, their characrters and mannerisms remain much the same- well at least until the second week away.
There were a couple of murders to solve and although there werent many clues for the armchair sleuth to get their teeth into, that didnt seem to matter.
Am enjoyable read. Nothing too strenuous, just like a turkish holiday in the sun.
October 10, 2020
Another winner from Simon Brett's Fethering Mystery series. This time, Jude and Carol set out (albeit somewhat reluctantly in Carol's case) to Turkey for some much needed down time and it's free, thanks to an old friend of Jude's. And, as the famous adage goes, "thus is begins...". See Jude relax by the infinity pool. See Carol relax in a two-piece bathing suit and shorts!?! Stranger things have happened, but not many ;>
November 15, 2015
Carole, one of the main characters, is so thoroughly annoying, and not in an endearing way, that I know that I will not care to read any more of this series. Also, very slow moving.
March 31, 2016
In my opinion there were to many cliches and not enough of a mystery. The story was weak and the characters were boring.
This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review.
This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review.
January 5, 2021
"The Pope's a Catholic, bears, er, do their business in the woods, and Carole and Jude always drink Chilean Chardonnay. It's one of the immutable rules of life." - Ted Crisp
I don't need the mystery to be good if I get to spend time with Carole and Jude while they are on vacation in Turkey. I do feel like "the Caroleness of Carole" is overshadowing Carole's good qualities (which aren't even that great - for example, she's good at navigating!), but I do think she grew in this book, and Jude understands her. I also love that both women learned they liked wine other than Chilean Chardonnay!
This book made me want to go on vacation so badly- the infinity pool, the food they enjoyed, the wine and beer they drank, even the sightseeing and mysticism of the ancient tombs. Maybe eventually we'll travel again...
I don't need the mystery to be good if I get to spend time with Carole and Jude while they are on vacation in Turkey. I do feel like "the Caroleness of Carole" is overshadowing Carole's good qualities (which aren't even that great - for example, she's good at navigating!), but I do think she grew in this book, and Jude understands her. I also love that both women learned they liked wine other than Chilean Chardonnay!
This book made me want to go on vacation so badly- the infinity pool, the food they enjoyed, the wine and beer they drank, even the sightseeing and mysticism of the ancient tombs. Maybe eventually we'll travel again...
January 10, 2024
Miss Marple and Jessica Fletcher take a holiday in Turkey. A nice vacation from Fethering for all of us. While Jude is fighting off the advances of a former, Carole is exploring and ancient archeological site when she finds a body!!
This, Book #16 is my favorite of the series. Carole’s reaction to a chance to travel is hilarious. I spent as much time Googling the places she mentions as I did reading the book. It certainly made the story come alive. The Lycian Tombs are amazing.
I now know why the two ladies switched from Chardonnay to Sauvignon Blanc.
Carole’s commentary on her new surroundings was priceless- if she thinks Hisaronu is “common”. I can’t imagine her impression of Key West!
I wish more of their adventures had been traveling. I learned a lot about Turkey from their fortnight stay.
This, Book #16 is my favorite of the series. Carole’s reaction to a chance to travel is hilarious. I spent as much time Googling the places she mentions as I did reading the book. It certainly made the story come alive. The Lycian Tombs are amazing.
I now know why the two ladies switched from Chardonnay to Sauvignon Blanc.
Carole’s commentary on her new surroundings was priceless- if she thinks Hisaronu is “common”. I can’t imagine her impression of Key West!
I wish more of their adventures had been traveling. I learned a lot about Turkey from their fortnight stay.
May 18, 2018
I actually missed this book out when I was catching up with the others in the series, because it was set abroad and not in the normal setting of Fethering. Some other reviews bemoaned this fact and I foolishly took their word for it that it just wouldn't be the same.
Then I read another book in a series that I enjoy that was set abroad and really enjoyed it, so decided to give this one a go as well and I didn't regret it. The things I enjoy are still there - the relationship between Carol and Jude and the differences in their characters, the way they set about investigating the murder that always seems to land right on their doorstep and the gentle humour of Simon Brett.
Then I read another book in a series that I enjoy that was set abroad and really enjoyed it, so decided to give this one a go as well and I didn't regret it. The things I enjoy are still there - the relationship between Carol and Jude and the differences in their characters, the way they set about investigating the murder that always seems to land right on their doorstep and the gentle humour of Simon Brett.
December 29, 2023
Jude persuades Carole to vacation in Turkey! Of course, Carole finds a body on her first excursion. I loved the descriptions of Turkey, and the food and drink. There's a great mystery in this one and I didn't see the solution ahead. I can't wait to listen to the next one in the series. Expertly read by the author, Simon Brett.
January 14, 2018
Another amusing case for Carole and Jude.
This is another fun romp with the two unlikely detectives Jude and Carole. In my opinion it's not one the Simon Brett's best, but it's still a good standby for days when you want something that is amusing and not too demanding. (You might possibly class it as suitable reading for Jude in holiday mode!) It seemed a bit shorter than most detective stories and the plot perhaps suffers from that, being a bit thinner and less unpredictable than I was expecting. I also started to get a bit irritated by both Carole and more especially Jude. Their very different personalities are great fun, but perhaps they are becoming just a little too exaggerated to be believable. I'm still happy to give four stars and will be looking out for more Fethering mysteries to come.
This is another fun romp with the two unlikely detectives Jude and Carole. In my opinion it's not one the Simon Brett's best, but it's still a good standby for days when you want something that is amusing and not too demanding. (You might possibly class it as suitable reading for Jude in holiday mode!) It seemed a bit shorter than most detective stories and the plot perhaps suffers from that, being a bit thinner and less unpredictable than I was expecting. I also started to get a bit irritated by both Carole and more especially Jude. Their very different personalities are great fun, but perhaps they are becoming just a little too exaggerated to be believable. I'm still happy to give four stars and will be looking out for more Fethering mysteries to come.
May 26, 2015
Sixteenth in the Fethering series, this one takes the two unlikely friends abroad. Much of the appeal of this series lies in the contrast between Carole, a retired and uptight civil servant, and Jude,a healer who lives for the moment.
As the pair venture to Turkey to take advantage of the free villa offered by one of Jude's past lovers, the differences between the two are very evident. But when a body is discovered and then disappears, the friends quickly decide to solve the mystery.
Some digs at tourist behavior abroad and a cast of characters with a past hold the reader's interest.
As the pair venture to Turkey to take advantage of the free villa offered by one of Jude's past lovers, the differences between the two are very evident. But when a body is discovered and then disappears, the friends quickly decide to solve the mystery.
Some digs at tourist behavior abroad and a cast of characters with a past hold the reader's interest.
July 23, 2016
I read the first ten Feathering mysteries a few years ago whilst recovering from surgery. I found that they were great for this purpose as each book took about 3.5 hours to read, they were warm and friendly and not too taxing.
I hadn't returned to the series since then as I had other books to read. Having stumbled over this book in the library I thought it would be nice to revisit these characters. It was.
There is no change to the formula of the books, just a change of location, but sometimes that is what you need.
I hadn't returned to the series since then as I had other books to read. Having stumbled over this book in the library I thought it would be nice to revisit these characters. It was.
There is no change to the formula of the books, just a change of location, but sometimes that is what you need.
August 6, 2019
In this, book 16, of the Fethering Series, Jude and Carole leave Fethering and strike out on holiday to a villa in Turkey. Their trip gets off to rocky start with rumors about the death of their host’s first wife, threats written on the villa’s walls, and threats made at knife point. Jude and Carole investigate in this unfamiliar territory coming across some interesting characters as they do. Carole shows some real growth in this installment as she steps far outside of her comfort zone! A fun cozy read in a delightful series.
August 10, 2017
Another Fethering mystery but this time set in Turkey where Carole and Jude are holidaying. There was nothing amazing about the book, but I just love the characters and their developing relationship and hearing Carole's holiday preparations compared to Jude's made me smile.
Easy listening which I loved.
Easy listening which I loved.
January 1, 2019
I love these books. They are a light read but very enjoyable! The main character, Carole is a hoot, stuck in her ways and easily ruffled. This book pairs her on an adventure to Turkey with her neighbor Jude. Can't find two more different friends but they compliment each other well. This book was delightful.
July 2, 2022
Simon Brett mysteries are the perfect summer read. My favorite of his series are the Fethering mysteries. Chalk and cheese sleuths Jude and Carole leave Fethering for a holiday in northern Cyprus and of course stumble on a corpse. Carole on vacation is particularly humorous and I enjoyed the plot setting and as well as learning something about the Turkish part of Cyprus.
September 21, 2017
A short but sweet edition of the Featherimg mysteries with Carole and Jude in Turkey, on holiday, a concept completely foreign to uptight Carole. Needless to say, there are bodies and lots of wine as our heroines struggle to solve the mystery. It's a quick read but equally, a satisfying one.
May 4, 2019
I love Simon Brett’s writing, his light touch with comedy and characterisation just suit my taste. The additional bonus of this instalment was the Turkish setting, which is set in an area we know well.
August 8, 2015
As this series goes on the plots seem to get even more far-fetched and poor Carole has become even more stereotyped. However, quite an enjoyable easy read.
October 15, 2019
Love the chapters. We all people like this. Great setting.
January 19, 2016
I've read 6 Brett books, but this was my first Carol & Jude. What a hoot!
I listened to it on my four mile walk every other day. I enjoyed the duo's capers. Carol is such a stick in the mud! LOL
I listened to it on my four mile walk every other day. I enjoyed the duo's capers. Carol is such a stick in the mud! LOL
October 2, 2016
Even better than the usual Simon Brett romp. Carole and Jude abroad! Great cozy, great descriptions of Turkey. If you like the series you'll love it.
February 16, 2020
Love Carol and Jude and really enjoyed this story. A light read, well written.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 107 reviews