Simon Brett Omnibus Volume 2

Star Trap The potential target for murder in Star Trap is a monumentally odious theatre and television star, who is currently backing, producing and starring in a musical remotely based on She Stoops to Conquer. During rehearsals, the show is afflicted by strange mishaps: the rehearsal pianist is shot in the hand, an actor falls and breaks a leg, and so on. So when Charles Paris - Mr Brett's now familiar actor/detective - joins the cast, he immediately begins investigating and decides that the star himself is responsible. But why should he want to sabotage his own show? If Paris is right, it's a very odd problem. It's a very odd problem anyway, but one that is a lot more human than it first appears. An Amateur Corpse 'Dear Old Shakespeare!' Charles Paris could hardly wait. He had already endured the amateur theatre company's production of Dear Old Chekhov; god only new what this self-centred group would do to The Bard. But before Charles could escape to the nearest bar, the company's young and beautiful leading lady turned up dead - strangled with her own scarf. Suddenly Charles' interest was very much revived, especially when the police immediately arrested the wrong man. Can professional actor and amateur sleuth Charles Paris prove the suspect is innocent? For Charles, making his way through a most unseemly backstage tangle of deception, adultery and alibis would be a labour of love... Both Brett's stories are light-hearted beautifully ingenious puzzles buzzing with fun and wit.


Genre: Cozy Mystery