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Title: The Body on the Beach by Simon Brett ISBN: 0-425-18182-0 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 05 September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Oh Happy Days
Comment: This is the first of two vols in Brett's latest series. It is a typical(?) Briddish mystery, with much toing and froing. The main character may seem a bit dry, but by the end of the story she has loosened up quite a bit. Such as going to a pub! I expect that there will be an expansion of her character with perhaps a bit of, dare I say it, romance? Anyhoo, Brett is off to a good start with this one and the second book is on the shelves. Treat yourself to seaside England....tides, rain and some snooty people doing their thing. Enjoy, and aloha...
Rating: 3
Summary: The Jude and Carole Show . . . .
Comment: Simon Brett is a very good writer, and I enjoyed the logical flow of the story. The reader can clearly understand the mood and scene of each situation. His two amateur sleuths, Jude and Carole are complete opposites in character, but develop a friendship and a quirky ability to jointly solve a murder. Why only 3 stars? Some parts of the story just seemed a little dry - I was expecting a little more wit and lighthearted conversation between characters. Also, Carole just wasn't that interesting - granted, she is a character that is suppose to have a pretty uninspiring look on life, but it's a little too uninspiring.
Rating: 5
Summary: A body on the beach you'll be glad you stumbled over.
Comment: Simon Brett is one of the most skilled and satisfying practitioners in the detective fiction field. All I ask of such writers he provides: interesting amateur sleuths, shrewd characterisation, fluent but stylish prose, some gentle thrills at the end, and an opportunity to "escape" to somewhere I am happy to be for six or seven hours.
In this novel, he introduces a pair of new sleuths: Carole and Jude. He also introduces a new locale: a coastal resort on the south coast of England, near Worthing. It is called Fethering, and it is fully described in the first chapter.
Simon Brett not only writes, but he also reads his works, using a narrator's voice that resembles that of the current British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, while also providing convincing and distinguishable portrayals for all his cast of characters.
A body on the beach you'll be glad you stumbled over.
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Title: Death on the Downs by Simon Brett ISBN: 0425186369 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Torso in the Town (Fethering Mysteries) by Simon Brett ISBN: 0425192121 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Murder in the Museum: A Fethering Mystery (Fethering Mysteries) by Simon Brett ISBN: 0425190439 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Arson and Old Lace (Harwin, Patricia. Far Wychwood Mystery Series.) by Patricia Harwin ISBN: 0743482247 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The House Sitter by Peter Lovesey ISBN: 1569473269 Publisher: Soho Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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