What is the best Simon Brett mystery?

Question

I want to read one of his books and i would like to hear from someone who has read his work before. Which one would you suggest that i read. Can you please give me a discription or summary of the book along with its title. I would very much appreciate it. Thank you

Answer 1

i recommend First British Edition Macmillan (2000)

The Body on the Beach
The first novel in The Fethering Mysteries series
Very little disturbs the ordered calm of Fethering, a pleasingly self-contained retirement settlement on England's less than sun-kissed southern coast. Which is precisely why Carole Seddon, who has outlived both her husband and her career at the Home Office, has chosen to reside there.
A mature woman of intensely regulated habit, the last thing Carole expects to encounter in Fethering is a new neighbor - a female neighbor at that - with but one name and an obviously colorful past.'Jude' was not really Fethering…
…but neither was the body Carole found on the beach.
A body, it has to be said, that has disappeared by the time the police arrive. Only Jude is ready to believe what her neighbor says she saw - and from that moment on, the two women are resolved to turn detectives.
But investigating murder means facing up to dangers they never even knew existed…