So Much Blood [Paperback]

Simon Brett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 19, 2000

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. Edinburgh and the Festival are both background and foreground with Charles flitting between a revisualised Midsummer Nights Dream, a mixed-media satire, a late-night revue, and his own one-man show on Thomas Hoodand 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 navy eyes, and with a most complex murder investigation.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Simon Brett is a former radio and television comedy producer, who has been writing full-time for more than twenty years. Creator of the Charles Paris, Mrs. Pargeter and Fethering series of mysteries, his psychological thriller, A Shock to the System was filmed, starring Michael Caine. Married with three children, he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village in West Sussex, England.

From AudioFile

Charles Paris travels to Edinburgh to give a performance of his own one-man show but becomes the investigator of a mysterious murder. Simon Brett reads his own work in a resonant and engaging voice. The listener is drawn into the case by the depth and feeling of Brett's portrayal of his characters. The range of Brett's expressions allows him to give each of the characters a distinct sound, adding to the flavor of the work as a whole. The flow of the work is well-paced, and this results in a program easy to follow and easy to listen to. S.J.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (May 19, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595003605
• ISBN-13: 978-0595003600
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,771,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)