The Body on the Beach - Simon Brett

I often get ideas for books to read from Ciao and Dooyoo. I enjoy reading book reviews and several times, I have gone on to read and enjoy the book reviewed. On the latest occasion, it was a review by sunmeilan of a Simon Brett novel. It sounded a really good read, so I found out which was the first one in the series – The Body on the Beach – and borrowed it from the library. Simon Brett writes several different kinds of books, including three series – The Fethering Mysteries, the Mrs. Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris novels. The Body on the Beach is the first book in The Fethering Mysteries series. As you would correctly deduce, these are mysteries which ...  Read the complete review

Simon Brett is probably best known for his book entitled How to Be a Little Sod, which has been televised starring Rik Mayall. He is, however, also a prolific writer of crime novels and has written two series, one featuring Mrs Pargeter, and the other, the Fethering mysteries. This book is the first in the series of the Fethering mysteries. I have previously read another in the series and so knew what to expect – a light, somewhat fluffy read that is nevertheless highly entertaining. The story Carole Seddon, who has lived in Fethering since her early retirement from the Home Office a while before, is horrified to find the body of a dead man on the beach ...  Read the complete review