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Dead Giveaway Charles Paris enters the zany world of television game shows in Dead Giveaway, a witty confection of a mystery. A bit appearance on If the Cap Fits means a day's pay, a few interesting contacts, and a chance to visit the West End Television bar-not the least of incentives for a man of Charles' thirst. But murder? Even for game shows, where they'll try almost anything once, murder is going too far. Everybody seems ordinary enough when Charles arrives at the WET studios for the taping. There are, perhaps, a few too many unhappy people roaming the halls. Americans Aaron Greenberg and Dirk van Henke are furious because the Brits have changed the show's name. If Hats Off was good enough for the U.S., it should be good enough for Britain. Executive producer John Mantle is desperate to keep the Americans from cancelling his show, while host Barrett Doran seems determined to annoy everyone, from the contestants to his ex-girlfriend. And some of the contestants apparently will stop at nothing to win the game. Charles sees little to admire in either the staff or his fellow guests, but he's as surprised as anybody when murder stops the show. Murder is not funny, and the murderer clearly is not playing games. Better known for his successes at detecting than acting, Charles sets out to find the killer. Is it the surgeon, the hamburger chef, the stockbroker, the actress, the advice columnist, the TV journalist, one of the crew? The possibilities are almost limitless, but Charles, in fine fashion, finds a suspect who "fits the cap." Delightfully funny, filled with fascinating information about the world of TV game shows, Dead Giveaway is the kind of sparkling entertainment that Simon Brett's many fans have come to expect. What Bloody Man is that? Charles Paris is on his way up again, careerwise. No longer 'resting' or playing a corpse in a cupboard, he finds himself doubling almost every role in a provincial production of the play dreaded by superstitious theatrefolk: Macbeth. The three principals could hardly, be more assorted: Macbeth is played by TV gameshow personality George Birkitt; Lady Macbeth comes straight from Stratford, an intense young woman with Method in her madness; and Duncan is that notorious ham, Warnock Belvedere, who feels that he's in the great tradition of actormanagers. With such a cast, sparks are bound to fly, and it's not long before Charles Paris finds himself in the familiar role of private eye when death strikes in the night...
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