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Audio Books : Mystery and Suspense : Other quality : English
Narrated by the author, except #1 and #9 (originally from Demonoid) which
are read by Simon Prebble.
Mostly recorded at 48kbps/44kHz CBR Mono except for books 1,4,7,8,9 and 14 on casettes
which are 32 kbps / 22 kHz CBR Mono.
Most titles are CD quality. The sound quality of the ones which are
still only available on cassette tapes may not be pristine, but they are reasonably hiss free and clear.

 

Charles Paris is a middle aged unhappily separated (but not divorced), moderately successful British actor
with a slight drinking problem(!) who gets entangled in all sorts of crimes, and often finds himself in the role of
unwilling amateur detective.
 There are nineteen novels so far featuring this character. These recordings are all
narrations, not dramatizations.


#1. Cast in Order of Disappearance(1975). [5 hrs 50 mins]
Narrated by Simon Prebble. Cassettes.
This is the first in a series of seventeen light frothy murder
mysteries staring that charming British actor of middle aged years, Charles Paris. In this book 47 year-old Charles,
having just finished a recording for the radio, bumps into an old flame from their years in pantomime, an
"actress-cum-dancer-cum-most things" called Jacqui. Jacqui is most upset over her latest beau, the rich and
famous theatre impresario Marius Steen. Jacqui is convinced Marius was on the verge of asking her to marry him and now
apparently he doesn't want to see her anymore and has taken to writing hurtful and abusive letters to keep her away.
Could it be that Marius is worried about some "risque" photos of him and Jacqui getting into the public eye?
Charles, ever an easy touch by young beautiful girls, agrees to try to arrange to see Mr Steen on Jacqui's behalf and
return the photos. An easy task made extremely difficult by the fact that Charles discovers Marius dead in his home in
Streatley.

#2. So Much Blood (1976).  [5 hrs 49 mins]  CD
Charles Paris returns again, in a
fringe show at the Edinburgh Festival, with another nubile girl to provoke him, and his accommodating wife to console
him, and a gory murder to challenge him in "So Much Blood". Edinburgh and the Festival are both background and
foreground with Charles, flitting between a re-visualized Midsummer Night's Dream, a mixed-media satire, a late-night
revue, and his own one-man show on Thomas Hood-and with a fading pop star as the first victim, a bomb scare in Holyrood
Palace, and a suicide leap from the top of the Rock. Charles copes splendidly with the Festival, with his affair with
the girl with the black eyes, and with a most complex murder investigation.
 
#3. Star Trap (1977).  [6
hrs 12 mins]  CD
Charles Paris has landed a dual role in a lavish West End musical -- onstage as a bit player,
offstage as an undercover sleuth. The production's nervous backers fear that someone is trying to kill the play. The
ultimate showstopper would be to eliminate the star.One of England's most popular comedians, the star is adored by the
public, despised in the business. The playwright wants to strangle him. The leading lady longs to stab him in the back.
The young Lothario looks at him with deadly rage. And, unless Charles turns the spotlight on the real behind-the-scenes
saboteur before opening night, murder will take top billing.

#4. An Amateur Corpse (1978).  [5 hrs 38
mins]   Cassettes.
Poor old Charles Paris, not only is our loveable and slightly alcoholic hero approaching
his 50th birthday, but an old university chum has roped him into providing a "critics circle" for a local
amateur dramatics society, who have just put on a "performance" of Checkov's "The Seagull". Mind you
this odious task might pale into insignificance when compared to the current dilemma Charles' university pal is facing.
Hugo Mecken, now running a voice-over company (who has pushed some work Charles' way) is in the middle of a marriage
crisis. His wife, the beautiful but much younger Charlotte is possibly having an affair and Hugo's sullen drunken moods
are becoming worse.  When Charlotte is discovered murdered days later in her coal shed, Hugo is arrested and because of
his drunken condition when the crime happened cannot provide any sort of defence to the charges. As luck would have it
Hugo's solicitor is that other old friend of Charles', Gerald Venables and Charles wastes no time in taking advantage of
Gerald's position to try to prove Hugo's innocent. (RM)

#5. A Comedian Dies (1979).  [5 hrs 13 mins] 
CD  
A rising young stage comedian, who is about to receive his profession's award as Most Promising Newcomer, dies
sensationally on stage at the start of his act: as he picks up the mike, he is electrocuted. Faulty wiring seems to be
the cause; no one person's to blame; a verdict of death by misadventure is returned at the inquest. But Simon Brett's
actor/detective, Charles Paris  happens to have been in the audience. And when another member of the cast reveals the
comedian checked his equipment before the performance, Charles is launched on a further fascinating investigation.

#6. The Dead Side of the Mike (1980).  [6 hrs 30 mins]  CD 
Murder at the BBC? It's almost
unimaginable. When Andrea Gower, the beautiful studio manager is murdered, the producer's 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 fraud-with clues concealed in seemingly innocent announcements. These clues lead to a trap that
places Charles in real danger....

#7. Situation Tragedy (1981).  [5 hrs 57 mins]  Cassettes.

The seventh installment in the exciting career of Charles Paris we meet our 52 year old actor on the set of a
new ITV Sit-Com called "The Strutters". The new series is a spin off from a long running show called
"What'll the neighbours say" staring Charles' old colleague who we met in the very first book, Bernard Walton.
The new show is based around the married couple of Col and Mrs Strutter played by George Birkitt and the legendary
actress of stage and film Aurelia Howarth. Charles' part in the series is more modest, appearing at the golf club barman
when needed. As usual strange accidents start to occur around the set, the stage manager falls down the fire escape and
the director is killed in a car crash. Luckily our amateur sleuth in on hand to try to piece together the puzzle,
although with Charles' usual speed and with the fact he's chasing another girl means that another couple of
"accidents" happen.

#8. Murder Unprompted (1982).  [5 hrs 14 mins]  Cassettes.
At 54, Charles Paris is still nursing the hope that one day his acting talent will be showcased in a brilliant West
End play, The Hooded Owl. Alex Household, who wants the leading role, and Charles are feeling more and more confident as
announcements are made that the play will have a West End run. But their hopes are dashed when they're told that both
their parts are being given to well-known television actors. Alex storms off the set in a rage, but Charles stays on as
an understudy. When the leading man is murdered on opening night, it's up to Charles to prove Alex innocent.

#9. Murder in the Title (1983).  [6 hrs 27 mins]  Narrated by Simon Prebble.  Cassettes.
Playing the dead body in a tatty murder mystery play in the run down town of Rugland Spa certainly may not be the best
job that Charles Paris has ever landed himself, but knowing our loveable and slightly alcoholic amateur sleuth the job
is not going to be as straight forward as it seems.  The Regency Theatre is going through a very very bad patch. Not
only are the plays it’s putting on of dubious quality there are serious allegations of mismanagement being aimed
at the artistic director, Tony Wensleigh, by none other than the general manager, Donald Mason. Things start to go even
worse when a series of accidents befall the cast and it’s not long before Charles has put on his detective hat
again. A near stabbing, a near hanging and an apparent suicide all require Charles' investigation and the threats of the
Theatre being closed for redevelopment are also looming on the horizon.

#10. Not Dead, Only Resting
(1984).  [5 hrs 23 mins]   CD
Tristam Gowers and Yves Lafeu have the flamboyance of stage matinee idols, but
currently they are running a very smart restaurant, Tryst, which is much patronised by top people in the theatrical
profession. Which means it's not Charles Paris's usual ambience, but this small-part player, who's more successful as an
amateur detective than as professional actor, is the guest tonight of another fascinating duo, William Bartlemas and
Kevin O'Rourke, wealthy collectors of theatrical memorabilia. And he is in at the death: the gruesome murder of Yves.
Not Dead, Only Resting seems to be an open and shut case. Tristam caught the night boat to France within hours of a
spectacular public quarrel with Yves over a pretty youth, and now he has disappeared. But of course there's much more to
it than that, as Charles discovers when he begins to investigate.

#11. Dead Giveaway (1987).  [4 hrs
37 mins]   CD
Poor Charles is out of work again but his ever-faithful agent Maurice has managed to get Charles a
spot on a new TV game show called "If the cap fits" a bizarre US production that is being given its first UK
pilot and all involved seem extremely concerned that everything is to run as smoothly as possible. Charles has a very
small part to play, as one the show's professionals he must simply stand there whilst the contestants and their
celebrity helpers decide what profession he is and therefore what hat he should wear. Tragedy strikes though when
comparing host of the show, Barrett Doran, takes a swig of his glass of water and then collapses to the ground, dead.
Death is confirms a couple of days later and Chippy, an ex-girlfriend stage manager is accused of poisoning Barrett.
Soon after Charles is contacted by Sydnee Danson another stage manager from the studios claiming that Chippy couldn't
have possibly committed the murder. Charles who was secretly drinking the neat gin in Barrett's glass before the show
realizes that Sydney must be correct and the two of them form a team to sleuth out the real murderer!

#12.
 What Bloody Man is That? (1987).  [5 hrs 2 mins]  CD
Charles Paris is on his way up again, career-wise. No
longer "resting" and no longer just a corpse in a cupboard, he blossoms in the play dreaded by superstitious
theatre folk, who will not even speak its name: "the Scottish play"- Macbeth. It's only in the provincial rep,
but you have to start (or re-start) somewhere. And his agent has promised that though what's offered is not much of a
part, "other good parts are in the offing".  By which perhaps is not meant precisely what happens: that
Charles finds himself doubling almost every role in the play that isn't held by the three principals. And as for the
principals, they could hardly be more ill sorted. Macbeth is played by George Birkitt, the TV game-show personality.
Lady Macbeth comes straight from Stratford: an intense young woman with method in her madness. And Duncan is that
notorious old ham, Warnock Belvedere, who feels that he's in the tradition of great actor-managers. With such a cast,
sparks are bound to fly. It's not long before death strikes in the night. And Charles Paris takes on the role of private
eye... 
 
#13. A Series of Murders (1989).  [5 hrs 3 mins]   CD
Charles Paris is in clover. He has
been contracted for three whole months to play brainless bobby Sergeant Clump, foil to the charismatic amateur sleuth,
Stanislas Braid, in a TV series of that name.  Recourse to the Bell's is still needed, however, to get him through a
day's filming-one made all the more arduous by the pompous posturings of the show's star, and the constant outraged
interruptions of the ancient author whose detective novels are being adapted. Indeed, there is plenty of friction about,
but when a particularly unpromising actress is killed, crushed to death, there seems no reason to doubt it was an
accident...except in Charles's mind. Leaving behind a trail of broken resolutions and empty bottles, Charles indulges in
some sleuthing of his own. He may lack the panache of the suave Stanislas Braid, but unlike the great detective, the
danger Paris encounters is only too real!

#14. Corporate Bodies (1991).  [5 hrs 2 mins] 
Cassettes
No sooner does London actor Charles Paris land the part of a forklift operator in a corporate
video than a young woman employee named Dayna is found crushed under the same machine. Charles is the prime suspect
until the police determine that he had no motive: Dayna, who had been sleeping her way up the corporate ladder, was too
busy blackmailing her important bed-mates to make an enemy of Paris. Investigating on his own out of curiosity, Paris
learns that the victim had filmed her trysts and that she was killed for one of the tapes. The actor narrowly escapes
becoming a victim himself when he uncovers another secret that was earning the dead woman a profit. The killer, ferreted
out by Paris, arrogantly confesses and prepares to escape, safe in the knowledge that the minor actor-for-hire is short
on credibility and evidence.

#15. A Reconstructed Corpse (1993).  [5 hrs 31 mins]   CD
If playing
a dead man could be called a role, Charles Paris has sunk to new lows when he agrees to play missing Martin Earnshaw on
the true crime TV series "Public Enemies." The show has all the hallmarks of a hit: a vulnerable, tearful
wife, a sexy female detective and, best of all, dismembered limbs probably belonging to Earnshaw, turning up each week
just before airtime.  As viewers shudder gleefully and ratings soar, Paris discovers there's more to the whole
production than meets the eye... and the climax is a killer.

#16. Sicken and So Die (1995).  [5 hrs 48
mins]   CD
For actor Charles Paris, life is wonderful for a change: Frances, his wife, has let him back into her
apartment (and bed), and he has landed the splendid role of Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night. Of course, none of this can
last. At a publicity party, the director succumbs to abdominal cramps severe enough to hospitalize him. Enter Alexandru
Radulescu, an avant-garde director who says Shakespeare "writes only about sex." As the provocative,
spectacle-loving Radulescu slices and dices the comedy to shreds, Charles, who clings to a traditional interpretation,
becomes increasingly resented by his colleagues, all of whom appear to be turning into Radulescu groupies. When,
following a group dinner, another member of the company falls sufficiently ill to leave the show, Charles suspects foul
play. While he sizes up who might do what to whom (and how many additional lines they would finagle if they did it),
someone else prowls behind the scenes to stage yet another incident, this one fatal! 

#17. Dead Room
Farce (1997).  [6 hrs 43 mins]   CD
"Not On Your Wife!" is a poor excuse for a stage comedy,
all dropped trousers and double entendres. This latest dire dramatic vehicle is debuting in Bath, and Charles, between
boozing bouts with his beloved Bells whiskey and romantic bouts with Cookie Stone, an aging actress unaccountably
smitten with him, has landed a nice gig on the side reading books on tape. Mark Lear is in charge of the recording
facility. He's a former BBC man and a bigger and more bitter drunk than Charles. His lover, Lisa Wilson, is concerned.
Charles fancies Lisa more than poor Cookie and gets a rare chance to act chivalrous when Mark dies and all the signs
(especially a locked sound room as the likely place of death) point to foul play. The play itself is trite and bawdy and
rendered by the author with leering panache. Charles is once again in for bloody awful reviews, but he does eventually
discover the killer...

#18. A Decent Interval (2013).  [6 hrs 37 mins]  CD 
After a long period
of 'resting', life is looking up for Charles Paris, who has been cast in a new production of Hamlet. But rehearsals are
fraught. Ophelia is played by Katrina Selsey, who won the role through a television talent show. Hamlet himself is also
played by a reality TV contestant, Jared Root. But when the company reaches the first staging post of their tour,
matters get more serious, with one member of the company seriously injured in what appears to be an accident, and
another dead. Once again, Charles Paris is forced to don the mantle of amateur detective to get to the bottom of the
mystery...

#19. The Cinderella Killer (2014).  [6 hrs 14 mins]  CD *NEW*
Landing a minor
part in the Empire Theatre Eastbourne's Christmas production of Cinderella, Charles Paris soon discovers that his main
role is to gently introduce the show's baffled American star, famous sitcom actor Kenny Polizzi, to the bizarre customs
of English pantomime. During their convivial sessions in the local pub, Charles finds himself increasingly caught up in
Polizzi's tangled affairs as the American fends off a vengeful soon-to-be-ex-wife, an obsessed groupie, and a
barely-controlled drink problem. But Charles is about to be far more involved than he might wish when he stumbles across
a body beneath Eastbourne Pier, a neat bullet hole in the centre of the forehead. As the world's press descends on
Eastbourne, the pantomime rehearsals descend into chaos and he himself comes under suspicion, it's up to Charles to put
his renowned sleuthing skills to the test to find out who really killed his fellow cast member - and why! 

NOTE: I have replaced many of the older cassette versions with CD ones since I posted this collection here four
years ago.
  
             
                                               

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