Major Bricket and the Circus Corpse

<P><B>Introducing a new, but not-so-amateur, sleuth from another peaceful English village with an alarmingly high death rate! </B><B>The first mystery in a new cosy series from one of the world's favourite crime writers - perfect for fans of Richard Osmand, Janice Hallett, Robert Thorogood and M. C. Beaton.</B><BR/><BR/> _______________________<BR/><BR/><B>Meet Major Bricket</B>, an infrequent resident of Highfield House in Stunston Peveril, Suffolk. In the past the Major's work assignments, frequently in foreign countries, have prevented him from spending much time there and a result, there is an air of mystery around him while everyone in the village speculates on the nature of his occupation.<BR/><BR/> But now the Major has retired and has come home for good in his open-topped little red sports car... and what a homecoming it is, for lying spreadeagled on his lawn in the summer sunshine is the corpse of a clown.<BR/> The circus is in Stunston Peveril for the annual village fair, yet none of their quota of clowns is missing - or at least, nobody is saying. Could the body be that of an unfortunate early guest at the village's highlight of the social calendar, the Fincham Abbey Costume Ball?<BR/> Fortunately Major Bricket's past clandestine career means that he is now very well placed to solve the mystery of the dead clown on his camomile lawn . . .<BR/> _______________________<BR/><BR/><B>Praise for Simon Brett:</B><BR/><BR/> 'Murder most enjoyable' <B>Colin Dexter</B><BR/><BR/> 'Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted' <B><I>Sunday Times</I></B><BR/><BR/> 'Like a little malice in your mysteries? Some cynicism in your cozies? Simon Brett is happy to oblige' <B><I>New York Times</I></B><BR/><BR/> 'A delightful, thoroughly English whodunnit' <B><I>Daily Mail</I></B><BR/><BR/> 'The wittiest around' <B>Antonia Fraser</B><BR/><BR/> 'A new Simon Brett novel is an event for mystery fans!' <B>P.D. James</B><BR/><BR/> 'Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone' <B>Jilly Cooper</B></P>