Product Description

Charles Paris is thrilled - he's landed a nice juicy part playing Sergeant Collins in the TV detective series, "The Stanislaus Braid Mysteries", and his estranged wife Frances seems to be on the brink of taking him back. But filming turns out to be a tortuous process, with pompous star Russell Bentley demanding numerous retakes and irascible author Winifred Railton constantly interrupting. To cap it all, nubile actress Lisa Stokes is crushed to death on set - and Charles finds her body. It seems like a straightforward accident, but Charles can't shake the suspicion that she was murdered. Can he find the killer, stay away from the booze and the women, and win back his wife? Bill Nighy stars as alcoholic actor and amateur sleuth Charles Paris in this full-cast radio dramatisation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5069 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-04
• Format: Audiobook
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Delightful story
As a fan of Lord Peter, Paul Temple, Albert Campion and Hercule Poirot and CD Audio Books I was running out new stories when I came across 'A series of murders' featuring Charles Paris by living author Simon Brett. Charles Paris is an actor and a world weary cad brilliantly read by Bill Nighy. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the story the first time and the second time. Bill Nighy does for Charles Paris what Stephen Fry does for Harry Potter. Although this is the only the first CD available I do hope he reads all the others. Bring 'em on!

An actor becomes an investigator.....
This is an excellent audio book. It has a lot of charm and the cast are excellent. Bill Nighy is particularly charming in the lead role.He plays an actor who stumbles onto a crime. He is a quite charmingly flawed character, a bit of a drinker, too popular with the ladies for his ex wifes liking!!!! I would recommend this as a good buy. It is only one cd in length, but I think quality counts over quantity. A well performed BBC dramatisation.

Charles Paris Tape
I'm a sucker for anything by Simon Brett and I love the radio adaptations of his work. This was well up to standard and I had a restful time in the garden in the sunshine enjoying my listening with a glass of something long and cool to hand.