Simon Brett Books in Order

Retired Major Bricket returns to his Suffolk home to discover a dead clown on the lawn. With the visiting circus denying any missing performer, his former clandestine career becomes useful in tracing the victim and unraveling a village mystery.

Mrs Pargeter’s late husband’s accountant owes money to the dangerous Batinga brothers. To protect him, she draws on her husband’s old contacts and sets out to dismantle the brothers’ criminal operation before their threats become reality.

Ellen Curtis accepts a house-clearing job to search for a missing will after learning of a son-in-law’s concealed plans. Discoveries among the dead owner’s belongings make her question whether his fall down the stairs was an accident.

After an author event, Jude returns to a village bookshop and discovers the owner's husband stabbed to death. She and Carole investigate a circle of disgruntled relatives and literary acquaintances whose resentments offer plenty of possible motives.

Major Bricket finds an unidentified man dressed as a clergyman dead beneath the village church’s bell tower. While neighbors focus on ordinary parish concerns, he turns to trusted friends and skills from his secretive career to investigate the death.