A review by pekoegal
The Body on the Beach by Simon Brett

2.0

This book was the first in a series, so I don't think it'd be fair to judge the whole series by it. That said, the author seems to spend every available minute in this book trying to establish how prim and proper and classist Carole is and contrasting her against Jude. The mystery just seems to be there for background, but what we should really be focusing on is how improper Jude is and how Carole would never do xyz because it would be against the town etiquette. The whole book reads like an episode of The Odd Couple mixed with an episode of Scooby Doo. I'm hoping that later books in this series aren't like this since Carole eventually started to loosen up.