Witness at the Wedding

By: Simon Brett

Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard

The seaside town of Fethering, home to Carole Seddon and her friend Jude, is a place rife with foul play, as evidenced in this sixth mystery in the series.

Carole is thrilled with the coming wedding of her once-estranged son, Stephen. She finds it odd, though, that the parents of the bride have no interest in arranging the wedding, and seem terrified at the prospect of publicizing it. Things turn deadly intriguing when the father of the bride disappears at the engagement party, only to be found brutally murdered the following morn. Now, Carole elicits Jude's help in sifting through the guest list, including Gaby's nefarious brother and her uncle, a justice of the peace, before the festivities become completely funereal.

©2005 Simon Brett (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"Line after line, Howard evokes characters and milieu. Great fun!" (AudioFile)
"One of the wittiest mystery writers around." (Baltimore Sun)

My favorite Simon Brett so far

I am really enjoying the growing character development of Simon Brett’s mysteries. The story itself, perhaps predictable, was still completely satisfying. Geoffrey Howard’s narration superb!

Another good one!

It's a great story and the narrator was excellent. I have one criticism - there are not enough chapter points. I believe there is one for every five chapters of the book. I can understand this because the actual chapters are short, but since I like to listen to these rather light murder mysteries at night and often fall asleep listening, it is very hard to get back to the last thing I heard.

Fortunately the ones narrated by the author have a break at the end of each book chapter which makes it much easier to get back to where I was listening when I fell asleep. Both he and Geoffrey Howard do a fine job of narrating.

I don't know if this would matter to anyone else, but I thought it was worth mentioning in case it does.

Short and Sweet

Shorter than usual but good. A couple of errors like “inflammatory” instead of “flammable” and when Carol thinks “double murderer” instead of “triple murderer.” Proof reader asleep? New to this author and will listen again!

Enjoyed this one!

I am listening to this series in order. The plot was engaging, and I was surprised as to who the perp was. All around enjoyable listen. As in the other books, the language was not objectionable, and there were no sexual situations. Mr. Howard seems to have rid himself of his annoying habit of saying "ah" ......before he starts a sentence, and that is a plus. I WILL be downloading the next book in the series.

Fun stories!

I enjoy all of these stories, and the narrator is wonderful! The main two characters are like Nancy Drew and her friend, all grown up