AuthorSimon Brett, Jeremy Front
NarratorBill Nighy, Full Cast
SeriesCharles Paris Mysteries, Book 4
Duration1h 52m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Plays and Dramatisations, Cosy Crime
PublisherBBC Audio
VersionUnabridged
Charles is out of work again, and to make matters worse his mother has come to stay and he's no way of escaping her. So when he's offered some voiceover work by old friend, Hugo, he's delighted to get out of the house. But Hugo's marriage is in trouble: his much younger wife, Ellie, spends all her time at her Amateur Dramatic Group, and Hugo is drinking too much.
When Ellie is found drowned in their swimming pool, it seems Hugo is guilty of murder. It's up to Charles to prove his friend's innocence...
Bill Nighy, Suzanne Burden and Geraldine McEwan are among the star cast in this entertaining mystery, dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Written by Jeremy Front, based on the novel by Simon Brett.
Author: Simon Brett
Author Simon Brett
Narrator Various
SeriesFather Paolo Baldi Mysteries Series 1, Book 5
Duration 44m
On sabbatical from the Franciscan order, Father Paolo Baldi is working as a philosophy lecturer in Dublin when his life takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself helping the police to solve crimes. Death Cap sees Father Baldi visiting a monastic retreat far out in County Cork. A sudden death among the Franciscan brothers causes Paolo to suspect...
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A Charles Paris Mystery Book 15: A Reconstructed Corpse
Author: Simon Brett
Author Simon Brett
Narrator Bill Nighy
SeriesCharles Paris Mysteries, Book 15
Duration 1h 52m
Bill Nighy returns as Charles Paris: unsuccessful actor, bad husband and dipsomaniac. Desperately in need of work, having been kicked out of the marital home, Charles jumps at playing a missing property developer in a crime reconstruction programme. But the missing person case soon turns to murder when severed body parts begin to appear. Television...
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A Charles Paris Mystery Book 6: The Dead Side of the Mic
Author: Simon Brett
Author Simon Brett
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesCharles Paris Mysteries, Book 6
Duration 1h 52m
Actor and reluctant sleuth Charles Paris is facing chaos on the domestic front. He's lodging with his ex-wife Frances, and now their pregnant daughter has moved in as well. It's all a bit much... So he is over the moon when he lands a job on the BBC Radio Rep - but the ink is barely dry on his contract when a murder takes place in Broadcasting Hous...
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Author: Simon Brett
Author Simon Brett
Narrator Various
SeriesFather Paolo Baldi Mysteries Series 1, Book 1
Duration 44m
On sabbatical from the Franciscan order, Father Paolo Baldi is working as a philosophy lecturer in Dublin when his life takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself helping the police to solve crimes. Keepers Of The Flame sees Father Baldi solving the murder of a leading University academic. He follows the trail which leads into the past of one of...
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A Charles Paris Mystery: A Doubtful Death
Author: Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
Author Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
Narrator Bill Nighy, Full Cast
Duration 2h 10m
Bill Nighy returns as the loveably louche actor-cum-amateur detective Charles ParisCharles Paris is in Oxford, appearing in a re-imagining of Hamlet by a high-concept drama company. No fan of immersive theatre, he's unimpressed with the director's vision and less than thrilled to be rehearsing alongside puppeteers and mime artists.But he soon finds...
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A Charles Paris Mystery Book 13: A Series of Murders
Author: Simon Brett
Author Simon Brett
Narrator Simon Brett
SeriesCharles Paris Mysteries, Book 13
Duration 57m
Charles Paris, actor and amateur sleuth, is working in television as the brainless bobby sidekick to a suave detective. The accidental death of an unpromising actress causes little suspicion, except in Charles' mind. He decides to investigate.
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Author: Simon Brett
Author Simon Brett
Narrator Various
SeriesFather Paolo Baldi Mysteries Series 4, Book 1
Duration 43m
On sabbatical from the Franciscan order, Father Paolo Baldi is working as a philosophy lecturer in Dublin when his life takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself helping the police to solve crimes. In Cross Purposes, Father Baldi teams up with a surprisingly adept Father Troy to solve some crossword-related murders in Dublin's literary circles....
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A Charles Paris Mystery Book 17: Dead Room Farce
Author: Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
Author Simon Brett, Jeremy Front
Narrator Bill Nighy, BBC Full-Cast
SeriesCharles Paris Mysteries, Book 17
Duration 1h 51m
Bill Nighy stars as actor and amateur sleuth Charles Paris in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Simon Brett's novelCharles' career is on the up. He's starring in a revival of a popular (though hackneyed) 70's farce – and while his fellow actors aren't exactly who you'd want to find yourself in bed with, he's happy to be in work.But...
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Author: Simon Brett
Author Simon Brett
Narrator Various
SeriesFather Paolo Baldi Mysteries Series 1, Book 4
Duration 44m
On sabbatical from the Franciscan order, Father Paolo Baldi is working as a philosophy lecturer in Dublin when his life takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself helping the police to solve crimes. In The Emerald Style, Paolo's attempt to wine and dine his spiritual director Father Troy at a leading Dublin hotel is interrupted by a murder. Davi...
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Author: Simon Brett
Author Simon Brett
Narrator Various
SeriesFather Paolo Baldi Mysteries Series 2, Book 4
Duration 42m
On sabbatical from the Franciscan order, Father Paolo Baldi is working as a philosophy lecturer in Dublin when his life takes an unexpected turn and he finds himself helping the police to solve crimes. Not For Life covers the story of a girl's suspected suicide. When questions are raised as to whether her death was accidental, Paolo follows the tra...
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