Mrs Pargeter's Past

Simon Brett

eBook - 2025

"A delightfully twisty comic caper . . . If you've never met Mrs. Pargeter and her merry crew of criminals, now's your chance" - Booklist Starred ReviewA gambler on the run. A widow with deep pockets. A pair of criminal brothers with a secret agenda. The new instalment of the quirky, inventive and charming mystery series featuring widow Mrs Pargeter – whose late husband was absolutely NOT one of the most notorious villains in Essex (the very idea).Mrs Pargeter's friends know two important details about her marriage to her late husband. First, that it was blissfully happy. And second, that Mr Pargeter was not a man to bring his work home with him. So, while the chance of her ever being asked by the police what he d...id for a living is, naturally, remote, Mrs Pargeter would be able to reply, in all honesty, that she doesn't know.What she does know is that Mr Pargeter's former associates are all respectable members of society,... more