Fethering Mysteries Books in Order
Fethering Mysteries by Simon Brett contains 22 books, published between 2000 and 2025. The first book is The Body on the Beach (2000) and the newest is Death in the Dressing Room (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 2000–2025
- Confirmed
- 22 of 22 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,694 in 14 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 62–92 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,694 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Two retired women, Carole Seddon and her friend Jude, investigate murders in Simon Brett's Fethering Mysteries, set in England. The series runs to 22 books from 2000 to 2025, opening with The Body on the Beach (2000). Most titles pair a crime with a place: Death on the Downs, The Torso in the Town, Murder in the Museum, The Hanging in the Hotel and The Poisoning in the Pub. Death in the Dressing Room (2025) is the newest Fethering title.
How many Fethering Mysteries books are there?
Fethering Mysteries has 22 books, released between 2000 and 2025.
Fethering Mysteries Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Fethering Mysteries books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120003523/4
- 220012933/4
- 320023203/4
- 42003–3/4
- 520043843/4
- 62005–3/4
- 720063293/4
- 820073263/4
- 92008–3/4
- 102009–3/4
- 1120103363/4
- 122011–3/4
- 132011–3/4
- 1420122173/4
- 1520142013/4
- 1620151843/4
- 1720151853/4
- 1820181833/4
- 192019–3/4
- 2020211923/4
- 2120221923/4
- 222025–3/4
Do you have to read Fethering Mysteries books in order?
You should read the Fethering Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Fethering Mysteries book also stands alone.
Where to start with Fethering Mysteries
Start with The Body on the Beach (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Fethering Mysteries book?
Death in the Dressing Room (2025) is the newest Fethering Mysteries book released so far.
Is there a new Fethering Mysteries book coming?
No next Fethering Mysteries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Fethering Mysteries at a glance
- Still running
- Fethering Mysteries is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Fethering Mysteries books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,694 pages across the 14 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 255 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Fethering Mysteries books, 10 of 22, were published in the 2000s.
What the Fethering Mysteries books are about
18 of the 22 Fethering Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: carole seddon (fictitious character) is tagged on 14 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Carole Seddon (Fictitious character) 14 of 18 books
- Jude (Fictitious character : Brett) 12 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 8 of 18 books
- Female friendship 7 of 18 books
- Retired women 7 of 18 books
- Private investigators 6 of 18 books
- Women private investigators 6 of 18 books
- England 4 of 18 books
- Murder 4 of 18 books
- Investigation 3 of 18 books
- Crime 2 of 18 books
More books by Simon Brett
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Simon Brett books in order 107 books