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    Mrs., Presumed Dead

    By Simon Brett

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    The prosperous housing estate of Smithy’s Loam should be the epitome of middle-class respectability, but Mrs Pargeter decides that there’s something just a little bit odd about her new neighbours. When the central heating breaks down, she decides to contact the former occupants, the Cottons, for advice. But the address to which they should have moved doesn’t exist and Mr Cotton’s employers seem to have no trace of him. Then Mrs Pargeter finds an unposted letter addressed to the Church of Utter Simplicity – and begins to wonder, where are the Cottons?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSevern House Publishers
    Release dateNov 21, 2011
    ISBN9781448300136
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    Simon Brett

    Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full time. As well as the much-loved Fethering series, the Mrs Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris detective series, he has written a number of radio and television scripts. Married with three children, he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs. You can find out more about Simon at his website: www.simonbrett.com

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    • 3/5
      This was better than the other books in this series, there was more interaction with other probable suspects, and there was more of a mystery with who the corpse was, what became of the corpse. We got to meet more of her late husband's "co-workers". There was just more going on and for me that made this a better read.
    • 3/5
      Mrs, Presumed Dead is a British series mystery featuring elderly, well to-do widow Melita Pargeter. Mrs. Pargeter’s late husband was apparently some type of unnamed criminal mastermind. She has just moved into the small very upscale subdivision of Smithy’s Loam and soon begins to suspect that at least one of the late occupants of her new home (Acapulco by name) is herself late in the very final meaning of the word. The husband also seems to have disappeared but perhaps not so finally. She sets herself the goal of finding out what has happened to the pair. To do this she makes considerable use of all kinds of “business associates” of her late husband. Every other inhabitant of Smithy’s Loam seems to have a dark secret that they want to keep at all costs and there is even a crazy religious cult (sort of a Church of What’s Happening Now) involved. The book is a pleasant enough read and Mrs. Pargeter makes an interesting detective although her having someone to call on for help at every phase of the investigation seems a bit much. The ending is also a little weak with Mrs. P. losing much of the competence she had shown throughout the rest of the book. Still, it was an entertaining cozy read. One thing that did seem strange to me was the fact that the homes in this modern (c1988), upscale, very yuppy neighborhood still sported radiators. It made me wonder when central heating came on the scene.