Bones Under the Beach Hut

By: Simon Brett

Narrated by: Simon Brett

The affluent seaside resort of Smalting is unaccustomed to crime. So when human remains are found beneath the floorboards of a beach hut, the community is awash with suspicion. Amateur sleuths Carole Seddon and best friend Jude are drawn into the mystery, and their suspicion quickly falls on attractive Philly Rose, a young Londoner newly arrived in the area, whose boyfriend has recently vanished.

Meanwhile, Kelvin Southwest, caretaker of Smalting’s beach huts, seems to be hiding a dark secret while Reginald Flowers, pompous president of the Smalting Beach Hut Association, becomes increasingly defensive about his own history. When the bones under the beach hut are identified, the ghosts of the past are painfully reawakened, and long-hidden secrets begin to surface.

©2011 Simon Brett (P)2011 Isis Publishing Ltd

Miranda?

As usual I loved this Fethering story. However, as Fethering novels go, I found it one of the less amazing ones. My biggest issue was that I honestly couldn't understand why no-one told Miranda what really happened to her son. Such an omission seems unnecessarily cruel, and didn't make any sense to me as a reader.