Waste of a Life

Declutterer Ellen Curtis has been working to bring order to the life of elderly recluse Cedric Waites when on one of her regular visits, Ellen finds the old man dead. Sad, but unsurprising, until the police reveal he was poisoned! The cause seems be something he ate, and as Ellen cleared away the old man's food containers, she is under suspicion!

About the author

Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full-time. He is the author of more than 100 books, including the much-loved Fethering mysteries, the Mrs Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris detective series, as well as the Decluttering mysteries. In 2014, he was awarded the Crime Writers' Association's prestigious Diamond Dagger for sustained excellence and contribution to crime writing, and in the 2016 New Year's Honours he was awarded an OBE 'for services to literature'.

Married with three grown-up children, six grandchildren and a ginger cat called Douglas, he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Brett
• Publisher: Canongate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.07.2023
• EAN: 9781448307937
• ISBN: 978-1-4483-0793-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 215 g
• Series: The Decluttering mysteries
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; England, Sussex, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Crime & mystery, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery