Dead Giveaway

Meet Charles Paris: a washed-up actor with a taste for wine, women . . . and solving crimes! A binge-worthy cozy mystery series from the original king of British cozy crime, internationally best-selling, award-winning author Simon Brett, OBE. For fans of Richard Osman – but with added bite!

“Like a little malice in your mysteries? Some cynicism in your cosies? Simon Brett is happy to oblige” THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Few crime writers are as enchantingly gifted” THE SUNDAY TIMES

“One of British crime’s most assured craftsmen . . . Perfect entertainment” THE GUARDIAN

“A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans” P.D. JAMES

“Murder most enjoyable” COLIN DEXTER
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A struggling actor – and sometimes sleuth – takes a job he can’t refuse . . .
A pilot episode for a brand new game show
One man murdered whilst the cameras are rolling . . .
Charles Paris is on the case and hoping for a DEAD GIVEAWAY!

In the cut-throat world of showbiz, jobbing actor Charles Paris reluctantly takes a minor role on a pilot for a new TV game show, If the Cap Fits.

It’s by no means Charles’ dream role, but he doesn’t have the luxury of being picky. The opportunity to work with some of Britain’s most famous television stars and the allure of a visit to the West End Television bar sweeten the deal – perhaps one more so than the other!

The cast also includes popular game show host Barrett Doran, who is less than charming when the cameras aren’t rolling . . .

When Barrett drops dead in the middle of filming and one of the producers is accused of murdering the star, Charles – with a growing reputation as an amateur sleuth – is enlisted to find the true killer.

Fans of Agatha Christie, The Thursday Murder Club, Anthony Horowitz, Alexander McCall Smith, M.C. Beaton and Faith Martin will love this hilarious cozy traditional mystery series featuring one of the funniest antiheroes in crime fiction. Written over a fifty-year-period, it perfectly captures life and contemporary attitudes in 1970s London – and beyond!

READERS ADORE CHARLES PARIS:

“Cheeky humor makes this adventure thoroughly delightful” Publishers Weekly

“This is one of the best in the series of Paris tales, which lovingly satirize the fringes of show business” Library Journal

“Four words that never fail to lift the heart: A Charles Paris Mystery” The Telegraph

“Charles Paris is my hero” Margaret, 5* Amazon review

“I love these stories” Mrs J.E. H., 5* Amazon review

THE CHARLES PARIS MYSTERIES, IN ORDER:

1. Cast in Order of Disappearance
2. So Much Blood
3. Star Trap
4. An Amateur Corpse
5. A Comedian Dies
6. The Dead Side of the Mike
7. Situation Tragedy
8. Murder Unprompted
9. Murder in the Title
10. Not Dead, Only Resting
11. Dead Giveaway
12. What Bloody Man is That
13. A Series of Murders
14. Corporate Bodies
15. A Reconstructed Corpse
16. Sicken and So Die
17. Dead Room Farce
18. A Decent Interval
19. The Cinderella Killer
20. A Deadly Habit
15. A Reconstructed Corpse
16. Sicken and So Die
17. Dead Room Farce
18. A Decent Interval
19. The Cinderella Killer
20. A Deadly Habit