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The Clutter Corpse

By: Simon Brett
Narrated by: Simon Brett
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Ellen Curtis runs her own business helping people who are running out of space. As a declutterer, she is used to encountering all sorts of weird and wonderful objects in the course of her work. What she has never before encountered is a dead body.

When Ellen stumbles across the body of a young woman in an over-cluttered flat, suspicion immediately falls on the deceased homeowner's son. No doubt Nate Ogden is guilty of many things - but is he really the killer?

Discovering a link between the victim and her own past, Ellen sets out to uncover the truth. But where has her best friend disappeared to? And is Ellen really prepared for the shocking revelations to follow?

©2020 Simon Brett (P)2020 Isis Publishing Ltd Amateur Sleuths Cosy Detective Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction

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Again loved this book for so easy to listen to looking forward to the next book

Love Simon Brett

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Nice to start a new series and I usually love the stuff written by Simon Brett, but I feel this one slightly missed the mark…
I would definitely agree with other reviews about the narration, I think it should be a female narrator, in the first chapter, I even mistook the main characters name for ‘Alan’ rather than ‘Ellen’ because of this!
Also, Ellen is painfully dull, and the story is kept going by the much more colourful cast of supporting characters, which is a shame. Perhaps a different narrator could have breathed in a bit more personality in the reading of her character??
I would probably listen to more of the series if they were on sale, but definitely not at full price.

Good start to a series

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A great mystery with a good dollop of mental health issues. I liked (most of) the characters in "the clutter corpse" and I have also enjoyed plenty of Simon Brett's other mysteries.

Unfortunately a bit too much sniffing and deep breaths which were a little distracting at times in the performance.

A great mystery

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I have read a few of Simon Brett’s novels previously and enjoyed the Charles Paris dramatisations on R4, but never listened to an audio book narrated by him. At first I was a little thrown by the male voice giving first person narrative to the female protagonist but it’s a tribute to both the compelling storyline and Mr Brett’s wonderful performance that the jarring note very quickly faded and by the end the Narrator’s voice in my head was positively that of this marvellous and totally admirable new character. I haven’t enjoyed an audio book so much in years! I hope this decluttering series continues. I need to know how Ben navigates his next few years, whether Dodge ever gets to look Space woman in the eye and how she continues to build her life back. I am already close to being addicted.

More, please.

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I listened to this during lockdown and Simon Brett’s natural delivery made it sound like a friend telling me about it. I could see this as a play or tv drama and if you like Cynthia Harrod Eagles Bill Slider books you’ll enjoy the clever and mildly witty central character . A good listen .

Easy listening great plot

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