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A Charles Paris Mystery Book 6: The Dead Side of the Mic

AuthorSimon Brett

NarratorFull Cast

SeriesCharles Paris Mysteries, Book 6

Duration1h 52m

CategoriesAdult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and Mysteries, Cosy Crime

PublisherBBC

VersionUnabridged

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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 House. A young female studio manager is found dead in an editing suite, and Charles steps in to investigate...

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