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The Body on the Beach
by Simon Brett
A good read with several interesting twists. Carole Seddon has retired to Fethering with very certain notions on proper behavior and the "thing to do". A new neighbor, Jude, who gives no last name to everyone moves in and seems to be rather bohemian and careless. Carole's life has been rigidly planned and leaves no room for being friendly with this neighbor. But one morning as Carole is walking along the beach with her dog (acquired to give her a good reason for walking), she discovers a dead body with 2 wounds on the neck. She is so shocked and shaken that it takes her awhile to call the police and when they come to talk to her about it, she finds they did not discover a body on the beach. She is so rattled, she confides this to her neighbor. And Jude decides if the police won't investigate, they will. Carole begins to exhibit some rather un-Carole behavior when around this neighbor, such as calling in at the pub (Carole is NOT a "pub-person"). But she does begin to rather enjoy the investigation process of talking to people she sometimes wouldn't talk to and going to the pub and such. Her carefully planned life is losing some of it's planned foundation.