The Dead Side of the Mike - Softcover

Brett, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595003540 ISBN 13: 9780595003549

Publisher: iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

Text for Author Bio Box: Simon Brett is a former radio and television comedy producer, who has been writing full-time for more than twenty years. Creator of the Charles Parks, Mrs. Pargeter and Feathering series of mysteries, his psychological thriller, A Shock to the System was filmed, starring Michael Caine. Married, with three children, he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village in West Sussex, England. Text for Book Description: Murder at the BBC? Its almost unimaginable. When Andrea Gower, the beautiful studio manager is murdered, the producers only concern is the dead air emanating from the transmitter. But Charles Paris, the now famous actor/detective has come to Broadcasting House to give a talk, and ends up as a mystery voice on a showbiz quiz show. Paris has to wallow through layers of BBC scandal, and uncovers a complicated fraudwith clues concealed in seemingly innocent announcements. These clues lead to a trap that is nearly the end of Mr. Paris.

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Review

'Simon Brett combines his considerable talents as novelist and actor to produce a light-hearted, dramatically read English murder mystery set in the studios, bars, and byways frequented by the staff and personalities of BBC radio.' (AudioFile Magazine)

Book Description

Actor-sleuth Charles Paris follows a dangerous trail while investigating the sudden death of a BBC studio manager.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0595003540
• ISBN 13: 9780595003549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180