When vandals destroy beach hut 512 on Brighton’s iconic seafront, they reveal a dead body that has apparently lain undisturbed for two months. But according to the hut’s owner, Sims, its locks rusted shut three months ago and she hasn’t had access to it since. So how could the man have got in, and why is there no evidence of the murderer?
Sims has spent the past three years recovering from the trauma of being targeted by a serial killer and narrowly escaping with her life. But this grim discovery feels like too much of a coincidence: could the person who put the body in her hut be the same man who wants her dead? In a desperate race against time, can she uncover the truth behind beach hut 512 before a murderer with a chilling obsession strikes again?
#Breaking. Vandals push over and sledgehammer another of Brighton seafront’s iconic beach huts (PROLOGUE)
(Amazon Original Stories, Kindle Book, 1 July 2025, 100 pages, bought from Amazon Kindle, Amazon First Reads)
Koomson is one of my favourite writers. I’ve been a fan for years, since long before she started to write crime thrillers. She’s a go-to author for me so I was delighted when her short story was this month’s Bonus Short Read. I enjoyed Beach Hut 152 a lot. It’s more of a novella than a short story due to it’s length. There are some flashbacks to the past when Sims was targeted by a serial killer and I found myself wondering if it was the same person destroying the beach huts. I enjoyed all of the twists and turns. I’d recommend this.
