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Charles Paris, seasoned actor and part-time sleuth has taken the part of understudy to the lead in a West End play. Its not an easy position, however. Rivalry on the set is straining everyone's nerves. It started when Alex Household, high-strung and egotistical, lost the starring role to an actor who keeps dropping his lines. In anger, Alex screams, "I want you all out! Gone! Dead! Exterminated!" Now, on opening night, someone has murdered the leading man on stage during his climactic speech. Was it Alex, in an act of revenge, or is some other villain at work behind the scenes?
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Summary
Summary
Charles Paris, seasoned actor and part-time sleuth has taken the part of understudy to the lead in a West End play. Its not an easy position, however. Rivalry on the set is straining everyone's nerves. It started when Alex Household, high-strung and egotistical, lost the starring role to an actor who keeps dropping his lines. In anger, Alex screams, "I want you all out! Gone! Dead! Exterminated!" Now, on opening night, someone has murdered the leading man on stage during his climactic speech. Was it Alex, in an act of revenge, or is some other villain at work behind the scenes?Author
Author Bio: Simon Brett
Simon Brett is the creator of four series of detective novels, the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter, Fethering, and Blotto & Twinks series. His 1984 stand-alone novel A Shock to the System was adapted as a film starring Michael Caine. He was awarded an OBE in 2016 for his services to literature and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Before turning to writing full time, he worked with BBC radio and London Weekend Television Other radio work includes several one-off plays for Radio 4 and a number of episodes of the Baldi detective series. A former president of Britain’s Crime Writers Association, he is president of the Detection Club, as well as being involved with various writers’ organizations.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 5.83 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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