Charles Paris, waiting patiently for a call from his agent, is driven to painting and decorating to make ends meet. An evening out at a posh restaurant promises to break the depressing routine but when the restaurant's chef is murdered, Charles is drawn into the ensuing investigation.
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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 Paris, Mrs. Pargeter and Fethering 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.
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Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR003973087
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Seller: Bookbot, Prague, Czech Republic
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung. During a period of 'resting', actor Charles Paris takes on a job as a house painter. Arriving for work at the flat above a fashionable Holland Park restaurant, he discovers the mutilated body of chef Yves Lafeu. It would appear to be an open-and-shut case. Yves' business partner Tristram Gowers caught the night boat to France within hours of a spectacular public quarrel with Yves, and has now disappeared. But is there more to it than that? Charles Paris determines to find out. Seller Inventory # 42c9330b-a167-47a0-9cce-78c1fcbbcc0d
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Seller: Manyhills Books, Traralgon, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. 176 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Futura, UK, 1991. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: During a period of unemployment, actor-sleuth Charles Paris hires himself out as an apartment painter only to discover the mutilated corpse of the young chef of a fashionable London restaurant *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; ISBN: 0708827136. ISBN/EAN: 9780708827130. Inventory No: 21020105. Seller Inventory # 21020105
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