"Aunt Bessie assumes that she'll have the beach all to herself on a cold, wet, and windy March morning just after sunrise, then she stumbles (almost literally) over a dead body.

Elizabeth (Bessie) Cubbon, aged somewhere between free bus pass (60) and telegram from the Queen (100), has lived her entire adult life in a small cottage on Laxey beach. For most of those years, she's been in the habit of taking a brisk morning walk along the beach. Dead men have never been part of the scenery before.

Aunt Bessie assumes that the dead man died of natural causes, then the police find the knife in his chest.

Try as she might, Bessie just can't find anything to like about the young widow that she provides tea and sympathy to in the immediate aftermath of finding the body. There isn't much to like about the rest of the victim's family either.

Aunt Bessie assumes that the police will have the case wrapped up in no time at all, then she finds a second body.

Can Bessie and her friends find the killer before she ends up as the next victim?"

A Christmas RABCK for Poodlesister!

Thanks Fifna! The card arrived first but the book made it in time for Christmas. This looks like a fun read. If you ignore the dead bodies!

This is on kirjakko's wishlist so I will be taking it to the Convention for her.

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Thank you for fulfilling yet another wish! I've been to The Isle of Wight, the Scilly Islands, Jersey and Guernsey and the Shetland Islands - The Isle of Man is on my bucket list. I can first travel there from my very own sofa.