The Body on the Beach, Simon Brett
The Body on the Beach, Simon Brett
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The Body on the Beach
A Fethering Mystery

Author: Simon Brett

Narrator: Geoffrey Howard

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/20/2009


Synopsis

Recently retired, Carole Seddon is residing in the Fethering the cottage she purchased with her exhusband. Theree she maintains a quiet and sensible life with the companionship of Gulliver, her Labrador retriever. But everything changes when she and Gulliver, while taking their daily constitutional, find a corpse on the beach. Whats more, there are two wounds on its neck. The body mysteriously disappears and the police dismiss Carole as a befuddled middleaged woman. She almost starts to believe it herself...until a stranger threatens her to keep quiet or else.Unable to contain her anxiety, Carole confides in her eccentric neighbor, Judewho suggests that if the police cannot be bothered to catch a killer, maybe they should do it themselves.

About Simon Brett

Simon Brett was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he earned a First Class Honours Degree in English. He has written over seventy books. Many are crime novels, including the Charles Paris, Mrs. Pargeter, and the Feathering series. Simon was also Chairman of the Crime Writers Association from 1986 to 1987 and of the Society of Authors from 1995 to 1997.


Reviews

Goodreads review by SoRoLi (Sonja) ♡ on June 30, 2021

Nichts stört für gewöhnlich die Ruhe des englischen Küstenstädtchens Fethering. Doch dieser Sommer ist anders: Die bärbeißige Pensionärin Carole findet eine Leiche am Strand, und als die Polizei sich endlich bequemt, die Ermittlungen aufzunehmen, ist der Tote wieder verschwunden... Einzig und allein......more

Goodreads review by Ben on September 05, 2021

What a wonderfully mad pair of detectives... Grim is easy, successfull cosies walk a tightrope between believability and enjoyability.......more

Goodreads review by Bill on January 10, 2015

This is the first book in the Fethering mystery series by Simon Brett and I enjoyed very much. It was well-paced, with enough action to keep me reading and with two likable characters who I hope to find out more about. Carole Seddon is a retired public servant who has settled in the seaside town of......more

Goodreads review by Mizloo on July 01, 2020

I do like this series! The contrasting personalities and characters of Jude and Carol are both insightfully presented and the effect Jude has on Carol is entertaining. IF they weren't next-door neighbors, they'd never have become more than acquaintances. But they are next door neighbors, and Carol,......more