The Girl on the Beach

Very well written story engaging right till the end. I loved it as much as my favorite war time read Dear Enemy!!! Nov 07, Sarah rated it it was amazing. Excellent read, kept me guessing until the end! Nov 06, Bluejay44 rated it really liked it Shelves: Excellent read, like all Mary's books. Dec 08, Laura rated it it was ok.

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Not very engaging, picks up a little toward the middle but certainly not a book you think about when you aren't reading it. Oct 17, Elana rated it really liked it. A very entertaining, gripping, and somewhat implausible WWII love story. Nov 09, Sarah Woolhead rated it it was amazing. Karen Macedo rated it liked it Nov 17, Catherine rated it really liked it Mar 01, Douglas Speller rated it it was amazing May 22, Ms M Wylie rated it liked it Aug 11, Dec 31, Monique rated it liked it. Slow, not what I expected. Focused on the war. Jamie rated it it was amazing Mar 03, Pamela Oliver rated it really liked it Jul 02, LaMarca rated it it was amazing Jul 17, Marlene Cooney jackson rated it really liked it Jul 21, Leslie rated it really liked it Dec 20, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

Her father, like many people who learn English as a second language, would have no sloppiness, either spoken or written, and Mary puts her love of the language down to him. He was also a great reader and there were always books in the house Born in Singapore to a Dutch-South African father and an English mother, Mary Nichols came to England when she was three and considers herself totally English.

He was also a great reader and there were always books in the house so that Mary learned to read at a very early age. She read anything that came to hand, whether it was suitable or not! By the time she was nine or ten, her one ambition was to be a writer. Her first novel, handwritten in several school exercise books, was completed when she was fifteen.

Not having any idea of how to go about finding a publisher, she wrapped it up and sent it to the editor of the woman's monthly magazine to which her mother subscribed. It says a great deal for that editor that she took the trouble to read it and sent Mary a long and very encouraging letter, which put her ambition into overdrive. Finishing her education and finding a job took over in the next few years, followed by an early marriage and a family.

When her children were all at school she joined her local writers' circle. Publication of articles and stories in a variety of periodicals and magazines followed, but the ambition to be a novelist never wavered and throughout the time she was writing and selling short pieces she was working on her novels.

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Mary joined the Romantic Novelists Association in the s. Her first novel was a contemporary one published by Robert Hale in and that was followed by nine more. Mary sent her first historical romance to Mills and Boon in and was delighted when a telephone call three weeks later told her it had been accepted. Since then she has been a regular writer for the historical series. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Arlene as Anna Capri Aron Kincaid Georgia as Gale Gerber Peter Brooks Stu Rankin Lori Saunders Themselves The Beach Boys The jet action surf-set hits the beaches and captures a love-load of bikini beauties!

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Add the first question. User Reviews Beach-Party clone is notable for being told from the female point-of-view. There she finds the body of a young woman and insinuates herself into the subsequent police investigation. It's an "It was , the war to end all wars was now two years old, and Britain was getting tired It's an excellent prequel to her later investigations. It is also an excellent short story and showcases the writing talents of Charles Todd. Jul 18, Nicole rated it it was amazing Shelves: I am working my way through this series and want to read all the books, including the short stories.

This was a very short TV story, but also very good. It offers another small glimpse into the life of Bess Crawford, which is all you can ask for. Sep 17, Karen rated it it was ok. Apr 08, Kathleen rated it liked it. The title sounded familiar. I could not find it at amazon. It is one of many free books I picked up when my kindle was new. I had not read it.

Interestingly, this title is no longer listed at amazon. The story is just a brief introduction to British sleuth Bess Crawford. Bess identifies with the body she finds on the beach, because she and the dead woman are both young. And because of that closeness, when she meets with the police, she is good at evaluating what might have happened.

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In addition to this brief and rather bland introduction to Bess, this ebook contains the first chapter to two Bess Crawford books and one Inspector Rutledge book. If it isn't deep within your Kindle, then I suggest you not waste your time trying to find a copy. A promising tale that, along with the first chapters of others in the Bess Crawford series, managed to hook me. Rather disappointing to download this and find it just a short story of a few pages. The copy I bought contains another couple of short stories by the Todd Team.

I'm not into short stories so could have easily skipped over these. Sep 05, Jennie rated it did not like it. The title "short story" is maybe ten pages long, and not much of a mystery.