Book description
The affluent seaside resort of Smalting is unaccustomed to crime. So
when human remains are found beneath the floorboards of one of its beach
huts, the community is awash with suspicion and fear.
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 in mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile, Kelvin Southwest,
self-appointed ‘ladies’ man’ and caretaker of Smalting’s beach huts,
seems to be hiding a dark secret beneath his smooth exterior, 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.
Bones Under the Beach Hut
is an ingenious mystery from one of England’s favourite crime writers,
exquisitely plotted, teeming with wonderful characters and packed with
unexpected twists Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and
television before taking up writing full time. As well as the much-loved
Fethering series, the Mrs Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris
detective series, he has written a number of radio and television
scripts. Married with three children, he lives in an Agatha
Christie-style village on the South Downs.
