Simon Brett - 10 books
Grant and Kim Roxby had hoped that their first dinner party would make an impression on their new neighbours. The next day it’s certainly the talk of the town, for their guests - including their old friend Jude - who had been rudely interrupted by a gruesome discovery. A human torso hidden in the cellar, to be exact! Jude and her partner in crime, Carole, begin to question the locals and they can’t help but wonder why a town so notoriously distrustful of outsiders is proving so terribly amenable to their enquiries… Set in a village called Fethering where the murder rate is climbing steadily, Simon Brett’s very English mysteries star a pair of amateur sleuths and unravel with satisfying elegance and plenty of urbane wit.