An Amateur Corpse' is another fascinating Simon Brett mystery
 set in the backdrop of theater.
Charles Paris is a part-time detective and professional
 actor, drawn into the affairs of an amateur theater company.
 Charles's friend Hugo's wife is murdered, and Hugo is charged with the crime.
Paris takes on the case personally. The solution to the mystery
 lies in a clever double alibi. An Amateur Corpse is an absorbing
 and entertaining account of theatrical back staging, back scratching and backbiting.
Author Biography - Simon Brett is a former radio and television
 comedy producer, who has been writing fulltime for more than 20 years.
Creator of the Charles Paris, Mrs. Pargeter and Fethering series
 of mysteries, Brett's psychological thriller, "A Shock to the System"
 was made into a movie starring Michael Caine. Married, with three children,
 he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village in West Sussex, England
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