The Body on the Beach – Simon Brett
General Information
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Title: The Body on the Beach
Author: Simon Brett
Read By: Geoffrey Howard
Copyright: 2000
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Series Name: Fethering
Position in Series: 01
File Information
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Number of MP3s: 56
Total Duration: 6:58:08
Total MP3 Size: 193.84
Encoded At: CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
ID3 Tags: Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
A brilliant new addition to the Berkley Prime Crime list…
Berkley Prime Crime is proud to welcome one of
mystery’s most esteemed
masters to its line-up of bestselling writers. This brand new series
showcases Simon Brett at his charming best–witty, cozy, and sophisticated…al-
–
l at the same time.
In the English seaside village of Fethering (located next to the town
of Tarring), recent retiree Carole Seddon just wishes to live a quiet,
sensible life with Gulliver, her Labrador Retriever. But when she discovers
a dead body on the beach while walking the dog, her sensible life is
suddenly quite complicated. And with the help of her bohemian neighbor
Jude, Carole finds a new purpose in life–as a detective.
"Simon Brett is one of the wittiest mystery writers around." –The Baltimore
Sun
"[Simon Brett]’s
hard to beat." –Kirkus Reviews
"Entertaining." –Chicago Sun-Times
"A
joy from start to
finish." –Denver Post
Simon Brett is the author of the Mrs. Pargeter Mystery series, and the
creator of the Charles Paris mysteries. The Body on the Beach is the
first novel in the new Fethering Mystery series. A former president
of Britain’s Crime Writers’ Association and Chair of the Society of
Authors, he lives in the south of England with his family.
FROM THE CRITICS
Publishers Weekly
Fans of Brett’s witty Mrs. Pargeter and Charles Paris mysteries will
cheer this buoyant launch of a series set in the English seaside town
of Fethering (mischievously situated "not
far from
Tarring"). It’s here
that Carole Seddon, a fiftyish divorcee late of the Home Office, has
settled, content to live a sensible, orderly retirement. But two events
conspire to disrupt Carole’s rigid routine: the arrival of an alarmingly
casual new neighbor who insists on being called, merely, "Jude"; and
the discovery of a dead middle-aged male on the Fethering beach. When
Carole informs the police about the body, they dismiss her as a menopausal
hysteric; after all, their subsequent search of the area yielded no
trace of evidence. But when a haggard, drug-deranged woman appears at
Carole’s door with a gun, demanding to know if Carole located a knife
on the body, Carole realizes that the corpse had been moved just before
the police search. When a local teenage boy is found washed up on the
beach, it’s Jude who convinces Carole that the two deaths are somehow
connected–and deserving of the two neighbors’ full attention. Carole
and Jude have surprising depth as characters, even though Brett overplays
his hand in refusing to reveal any details of Jude’s former life, including
her surname. But the yin/yang relationship of the women is both mysterious
and wholly believable, and the seacoast setting is so vivid you can
taste the salty air. For late-summer beach reading, this is a cracking
good choice. (Aug.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
Library Journal
This novel introduces Carole Seddon, a sensible woman in her 50s, who
is grateful to look older than her years. A divorcee recently retired
from the Home Office, she hopes to lead a very low-profile life at her
cottage in Fethering; however, her plans for a quiet seclusion are quickly
dashed when she discovers a corpse on the beach. The subsequent disappearance
of the body, interview by the police, and threat by a gun-wielding stranger
leave Carole befuddled. Her neighbor Jude decides that the two of them
need to solve the mystery themselves. A more unlikely partnership cannot
be imagined. Brett, well known to readers of his Charles Paris series
(Star Trap, Murder in the Title), is at his humorous best in this cozy
seaside mystery. Skillfully narrated by Geoffrey Howard, it is highly
recommended for all public libraries. Theresa Connors, Arkansas Tech
Univ., Russellville Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
AudioFile
Finding dead bodies definitely does not happen in Feathering, and solving
mysteries is decidedly not among Carole Siddon’s sensible activities.
Events, alas, take over, and the story reveals the darker sides of an
English seaside town. Pungent wit flows razor-sharp out of Howard; each
word is uttered with an exactitude that perfectly mirrors the droll
social commentary that sets Brett’s book apart from the rest of its
genre. Line after line, Howard evokes characters and milieu. Great fun!
S.B.S. ⌐ AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
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