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The Strangling on the Stage

By: Simon Brett
Narrated by: Simon Brett
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When Jude agrees to lend her vintage chaise longue for the local Amateur Dramatic Society’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple, little does she realise she’ll end up in a starring role.

It’s an ambitious play, culminating in a dramatic execution scene: a scene that’s played for real when one of the leading actors is found hanging from the specially constructed stage gallows during rehearsals. A tragic accident - or something more sinister?

As Jude and her neighbour Carole know only too well, the Smalting AmDram Society is a hotbed of seething resentments, clashing egos, overreaching ambition and thwarted passion - but are any of the members emotionally-charged enough to commit murder? Carole and Jude make it their business to find out.

©2013 Simon Brett (P)2014 Isis Publishing Ltd Literature & Fiction Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Detective Comedy

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borrowed a lot of simon brett books from the public library years ago I am really enjoying listening to them now marvellous technology brings so much pleasure will be trying to find more

better with age

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Love this series with Jude & Carol, entertaining and read with the right amount of humour and drama for an engaging listen. Don’t stop writing for Featherings finest amateur sleuths, I should miss them.

Escape to Feathering

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fantastic story with great narration, a must for your library, constant quality stories with the right tone of the performance

High quality story

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Perfectly captures the world of Am Dram with a satisfyingly intriguing mystery. Clever plot.

Brilliant

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The Fethering Mysteries are on my ESSENTIAL-NEED-THEM-TO-LIVE list. As are ALL Simon Brett's books. And I have listened to "Strangling" many times already.

Brilliantly read by the author, all the colourful character and witt, wry observations and social and class commentary are here; the essential and much loved ingredients of Simon Brett's writing.

This time, the ladies are pulled into the amateur dramatic society. Full of small town mentality and jealousy, motives and opportunities are everywhere.

Very much recommended.

The Fethering ladies tread the boards

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