- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (23 Oct 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575600209
- ISBN-13: 978-0575600201
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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In this Charles Paris mystery, the seasoned actor and part-time sleuth gets the part of understudy to the lead in a West End play. But when the lead gets shot on stage on the opening night, it falls to Charles once again to solve the murder.
About the Author
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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Could it be that for the first time in his acting career that loveable roguish actor Charles Paris could finally be getting a part in a hit West End play?
Charles has been cast in a new play called “The Hooded Owl” which is currently running in Taunton but the producer, Paul Lexington has high hopes of attracting the interest of big backers and transferring the play to a West End theatre.
Charles has been cast in a new play called “The Hooded Owl” which is currently running in Taunton but the producer, Paul Lexington has high hopes of attracting the interest of big backers and transferring the play to a West End theatre.
Charles for the first time finds himself in the number 1 dressing room and he isn’t that upset when he has to share it with a fellow actor, Alex Household. Charles gets on with Alex pretty well, even though Alex seems to have slight problems of paranoia but that hasn’t stopped him developing a relationship with one of the cast’s young actresses Lesley-Jane Decker. What’s more worrying for Charles is that Lesley-Jane’s mother, Valerie seems to have designs on him.
The cast are delighted when the play transfers to the West End even though the theatre it goes to is one of the smaller ones. Unfortunately for Charles and Alex though the West End demands big names and both of them are replaced with other actors, in Alex’s case it is British favourite Michael Banks and for poor old Charles it’s George Birkitt who we met in “Situation Tragedy”
This book is a fine addition to the Charles Paris series and has a nice pacey rhythm and benefits much from having Charles and Frances get back together for some of the book. Charles seems very reflective in the book and is constantly evaluating his relationship with his estranged wife. Frances wants to sell their former home and for Charles this means one of his firm points of reference in his life is to disappear.
As with all Charles Paris books there’s more than a little theatrical camp about the whole affair but it’s as an enjoyable romp as any and is definitely recommended.
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