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    Not Dead, Only Resting

    By Simon Brett

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    During a period of 'resting', actor Charles Paris takes on a job as a house painter. Arriving for work at the flat above a fashionable Holland Park restaurant, he discovers the mutilated body of chef Yves Lafeu. It would appear to be an open-and-shut case. Yves' business partner Tristram Gowers caught the night boat to France within hours of a spectacular public quarrel with Yves, and has now disappeared. But is there more to it than that? Charles Paris determines to find out.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSevern House Publishers
    Release dateOct 1, 2012
    ISBN9781448300099
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    Simon Brett

    Simon Brett worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full time. As well as the much-loved Fethering series, the Mrs Pargeter novels and the Charles Paris detective series, he has written a number of radio and television scripts. Married with three children, he lives in an Agatha Christie-style village on the South Downs. You can find out more about Simon at his website: www.simonbrett.com

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    • 5/5
      This series started pretty high up the scale and just gets better.Poor old Charles Paris; his career has reached such a low that he signs up to be a painter and decorator. Needless to say, the first house that he enters contains a dead body and we're off. The expected array of red herrings later, Mr P solves another pleasing case - and there's a call from the National Theatre: has his star risen at last? You'll have to read the book to find out.