Word: charleses
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There have been lawyer-detectives and priest-detectives and even jockey-detectives, but perhaps the most intriguing blend of workaday occupation and avocational sleuthing is Charles Paris, an invention of English Writer Simon Brett. Charles is an actor-detective, perhaps the first and last of his breed. Performers are generally...
It may be that Charles is so hooked on ratiocination because he is so bad at acting. On the funny side of 50, Charles is the kind of thespian whose career has been confined to small parts in the big time and big parts in the small time. When he...
In his latest case, Charles, on a reconciliatory week at the seaside with his estranged wife, is present at a variety show when a stand-up comedian literally turns into a live wire: a booby-trapped guitar electrocutes him when he grabs a microphone in the other hand. The hunt...
The juiced comedian turns out to have been a nasty little sod, so there are plenty of interesting people with good reason to do him ill. As usual, Charles, who can never keep a good deduction to himself, wrongly accuses several people of the crime. This makes good fun, since...
It is Brett's insider's knowledge of high-intensity show business - he is a scriptwriter and former BBC radio producer - that makes his witty mysteries go. It looks as if Charles Paris is finally working in a long run. So it's not Oedipus Rex.