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Charles Paris: What Bloody Man is That?

By: Simon Brett
Narrated by: Simon Brett
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Charles Paris is on his way up again, career-wise. 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 actor-managers.

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...

©1987 Simon Brett (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Crime Fiction Mystery Fiction Crime Funny Suspense
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Simon Brett’s books are a delight, and listening to Simon read any of his books doubly so. Listening to the brilliant Charles Paris and Mrs Pargeter ‘whodunnit’ stories on tape on long road trips in the 1990’s got me hooked on audiobooks.
It’s great to see Audible now have available, some of the Charles Paris stories read by Simon Brett himself. For me Charles Paris is Simon’s best creation, a mildly dissolute journeyman stage actor with a charming character, wry humour and excellent amateur sleuthing skills, that Simon brilliantly characterises in his audio books. “What Bloody man is that?” is just one of many great Charles Paris stories and a must listen to for any whodunit fan.

Brilliantly written and read by Simon Brett

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Brilliant Charles Paris story with Simon Brett's engaging narrative. Loved all the accents and characters too, clever and funny.

Highly recommended

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What made the experience of listening to Charles Paris: What Bloody Man is That? the most enjoyable?

An amusing tale with a very authentic theatre background.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Satisfied.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The very beginning.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, the auther's style is easy to listen to.

Any additional comments?

Charles Paris' addiction and its consequences are disappointing"

Weak leading character.

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Overall the plot was well fleshed out and I liked the main character, Charles Paris. In the way of fictional detectives he is flawed but intelligent and humane with just a touch of vulnerability. Towards the end though it all fizzled out and the unmasking of the killer was a bit of an anti climax

theatre based mystery

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He’s such a great character and although I was used to Bill Nighy the narrator was superb. Off to download more..

The narrator and the humour

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