Simon Brett Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

"The two aristocratic siblings Blotto and Twinks are once again launched into another death-defying adventure, this time in the civil war-torn republic of Jalapeno, in Mexico. But how did they ever get to such a foreign and distant land in the first place? For Twinks it was an easy decision - to escape her mother's match-making attempts she sets out to visit her old friend, Begonia Guiteras, who lives in Jalapeno, which is fortuitously on the doorstep of an Aztec dig Twinks wants to work on. Unfortunately, her visit coincides with the War for Jalapeno Independence, headed by Colonel Henriquez Guiteras, Begonia's father. At the same time, Twinks's excavation of the Aztec site is revealing the exciting prospect of a hoard of Conquistadors' gold - but will taking it away from the burial ground unleash the dreaded Curse of Attatotalloss? Into this confusion stumbles Blotto, who only comes to Mexico as he's missing his sister. On being reunited with Twinks they then discover Begonia has been kidnapped by Mexican government forces and both set out to rescue her. This leads to many chases and challenges across the Mexican countryside, resulting in the capture of the twins where death by firing squad seems inevitable... but will trusty chauffeur Corky Froggett, as so very often in past adventures, be able to save the day?"--Publisher.

When widow Mrs Pargeter finds a human skull with a neat hole in the middle of its forehead under her patio, she starts investigating the curious find. It was definitely a murder, but who is the mysterious victim? And more importantly, who put the body under Mrs Pargeter's patio? Surely this has nothing to do with her late husband Mr Pargeter . . .

Jude's decision to redecorate her cottage leads to a meeting with a local decorator and a surprising discovery behind a wall panel in a Victorian building: a woman's handbag! The discovery becomes serious when the police identify the handbag's owner as Anita Garner, a young woman who vanished in suspicious circumstances twenty years earlier.

Declutterer Ellen Curtis has been working to bring order to the life of elderly recluse Cedric Waites when on one of her regular visits, Ellen finds the old man dead. Sad, but unsurprising, until the police reveal he was poisoned! The cause seems be something he ate, and as Ellen cleared away the old man's food containers, she is under suspicion!

The latest hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!

The latest hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!

When Alexandra Richards approaches professional declutterer Ellen Curtis to ask her to help sort out her mother's chaotic flat, Ellen gets the impression Alexandra doesn't like her mother very much. Then Ingrid Richards' body is discovered in her burned-out home, and Ellen's convinced that there's something decidedly suspicious about her death.

Carole Seddon treasures her trusty Renault, and when it is vandalised, there's only one person she will entrust with its repair: Bill Shefford. But then a note is shoved under Carole's kitchen door: Watch out. The car window was just the start. And matters take an even more disturbing turn when a body is discovered at Shefford's Garage . . .

When Carole Seddon dutifully attends a former colleague's funeral, she couldn't have predicted that the deceased's daughter would use the occasion to publicly accuse her stepmother of murder. Deciding to investigate, Carole's neighbour Jude joins the Fethering community choir and discovers that one of the choristers is hiding a deadly secret.

Ellen Curtis runs her own business as a declutterer, helping people who are running out of space. When Ellen stumbles across the body of a woman in an over-cluttered flat, suspicion immediately falls on the deceased homeowner's son, who has recently absconded from prison. No doubt Nate Ogden is guilty of many things - but is he really the killer?

Band drei der fünfteiligen TrilogieNach einer Reihe von Ereignissen, bei denen Arthur Dent unter anderem explodierte und in seltsameren Gegenden der Galaxie, als er sie je hätte erträumen können, übel beleidigt wurde, findet er sich auf der prähistorischen Erde wieder. Glücklicherweise wird er irgendwann zusammen mit Ford Prefect und einem hopsenden Sofa mittels eines Strudels im Raum-Zeit-Kontinuum nach London verfrachtet, genau auf den Rasen von Lord’s Cricket Ground. Allerdings exakt zwei Tage bevor die Welt zusammenbrechen soll. Und zwar nicht nur hinsichtlich eines verlorenen Cricket-Spiels …

This is a comprehensive and practical manual about wood engraving, written by one of the masters in the field. Illustrated with beautiful images, it is both a practical handbook and an art object in its own right.

The eighth hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!

The seventh hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!

Another hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!

Another hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!

Another hair-raising adventure featuring the aristocratic brother and sister sleuthing duo!

The second novel in Simon Brett's great fun comedy crime series starring Blotto and Twinks.

The bets are on whodunnit when a body is found at the bookies . . . Jude has never been averse to a bit of a flutter; her friend Carole, on the other hand, thinks that the local betting shop is a den of iniquity. But when Jude stumbles upon the body of Polish immigrant Tadeusz Jankowski - the race is on to find his killer. The odds aren't looking good. No one seems to know anything about the mysterious Tadek - even his sister can't shed any light on what he was doing in Fethering. Who was the anonymous woman in the bookies who seems to have vanished? Why was Tadek interested in the local university? And who is the 'Fifi' Tadek spoke of with his dying breath? As they question the local residents, Carol finds an unexpected friend in an inveterate gambler and Jude finds herself in potentially more trouble than she can handle with a lecherous and charming drama professor. In this race there can only be one winner, but with no leads and several suspects in the running will our lady detectives be pipped at the post by a cold and calculating killer?

Fethering residents, Jude & Carole, get more than they bargained for when a lunchtime meal in their local pub leaves everyone with food poisoning. The landlord is horrified & when a series of disasters start to befall his business it looks like it could be the end of the road for the Crown & Anchor.

Nichts stört für gewöhnlich die Ruhe des englischen Küstenstädtchens Fethering. Doch nun findet die bärbeißige Pensionärin Carole eine Leiche am Strand, und als die Polizei sich endlich bequemt, die Ermittlungen aufzunehmen, ist der Tote wieder verschwunden. Einzig und allein ihre extravagante neue Nachbarin Jude schenkt Carole Glauben. Nach *Mord im Museum* und *Der Tote im Hotel* ein neuer Auftritt beiden köstlich britischen Amateurdetektivinnen!

Ex-Princess Etheline, daughter of the exiled king of Mitteleuropia, has been kidnapped during a visit to Tawcester Towers, ancestral seat of the Dukes of Tawcester, and ducal family honour demands that she should be rescued. The Dowager Duchess entrusts the task to her son, the Right Hon. Devereux Lyminster, known universally as 'Blotto'. He is, of course, terribly handsome, honourable and brave, but as sadly deficient in the brains department as his sister 'Twinks' is gifted. So Blotto sets off, accompanied by trusty former batman and chauffeur, Corky Froggett. They drive across many countries to Mitteleuropia, a realm now ruled by a usurper, the ex-king's brother, where they suspect the princess has been taken. Can brave Blotto and loyal Corky rescue Ethelinda, or will they meet their end in the evil clutches of King Vlatislav?

Kniha s velkým množstvím společenských her je uložena v dárkové krabičce spolu s kartami, kostkami a skleničkami na alkohol.

When Carole goes for a hair trim at 'Connies Clip Joint', she doesn't expect to find herself at the scene of a murder. But sure enough in the backroom, strangled by the cord of a hairdryer, sits Connie's young assistant, Kyra. Whilst Carole and her sleuthing friend Jude enjoy some tactical snooping, Fethering fingers are pointing firmly at Kyra's boyfriend, Nathan, who has disappeared. But Nathan's family are also acting rather oddly - whilst convinced of Nathan's innocence, they don't seem so certain that he is actually missing. Meanwhile Connie's ex-husband Martin, co-owner of the rival hairdressing chain 'Martin & Martina', appears to have been quite the ladies' man with his young assistants, including Kyra herself. Could he have silenced her before she divulged his sordid secret and potentially ruined his career? As our discreet lady detectives decide there are only so many haircuts they can have for the sake of neighbourhood crime solving, so too do they realise this is no cut-and-dried case, and that some people will stop at nothing to keep their private lives concealed ...

Gratulujeme! Devítiměsíční čekání máte za sebou a svého syna nebo dceru držíte v náručí… ale co bude teď? Tahle šikovná knížečka plná stručných a neobvyklých tipů vám se vším poradí, počínaje tím, jak se zavděčit své partnerce, až po to, jak si vytvořit pouto s dítětem. Ať již jste novopečený tatínek, nebo ostřílený otec divoké smečky, tato příručka nesmí ve vaší domácnosti chybět.Vhodně ji doplní rozhodně také Rady pro maminky a Rady pro babičky a dědečky od stejného autora, který je podepsán už pod slavnou sérií o prevítech (Prevítem snadno a rychle, Prevítovy první krůčky a Další prevít? Jen to ne!).

Uběhlo devět měsíců a miminko je konečně na světě. Tentokrát to však nejste vy, kdo má kruhy pod očima a zoufalství v hlase. Užívejte si svoje vnouče v klidu, s vědomím, že večer toho blinkajícího a kakajícího darebu zase vrátíte vyčerpaným rodičům. Teď jsou na řadě oni.Ilustrovaná knížka od autora série o prevítech (Prevítem snadno a rychle, Prevítovy první krůčky a Další prevít? Jen to ne!) je plná nečekaných i legračních námětů, jak zvládat další generaci ve vaší rodině.

Tak jste si odkroutila svých devět měsíců, prožila stres a přežila porodní bolesti a vaše krásné dítě je na světě: jistě je to doba zaslouženého odpočinku… ale ve chvíli, kdy už jste vymačkaná jak citron, vás čeká říhání, ječení a záchvaty vzteku – a to mluvíme jen o vašem partnerovi!Tahle šikovná ilustrovaná knížečka od autora série o prevítech (Prevítem snadno a rychle, Prevítovy první krůčky a Další prevít? Jen to ne!) je plná nečekaných tipů, jak zvládnout svoji rozrůstající se rodinu – a jak se přizpůsobit novému životu. Chybět by vám rozhodně neměly ani Rady pro tatínky a Rady pro babičky a dědečky.

Aktion "Tödliches Vergnügen"

An engagement party for Carole Seddon's son takes a strange turn when the reclusive father of the bride mysteriously vanishes during the party, only to be found brutally murdered the following morning. Reprint.

Im Hopwicke Country Hotel feiert ein exklusiver Männerclub der britischen Oberschicht ein rauschendes Fest. Am Morgen danach wird der junge Anwalt Nigel Ackford erhängt in seinem Hotelzimmer aufgefunden. Die Polizei geht davon aus, dass es sich um Selbstmord handelt. Doch die Besitzerin des Hotels ist misstrauisch und fürchtet um ihr Geschäft. Sie bittet die exzentrischen Hobbydetektivinnen Jude und Carole, Nachforschungen anzustellen. Aber die Hotelgäste tischen den beiden immer neue Lügengeschichten auf …

Fethering sleuths Carole and Jude return in a wonderful mystery of bitter rivalries and deep-rooted jealousies; Bracketts, an Elizabethan house near the town of Fethering, is about to be turned into a museum. Once the home of celebrated poet Esmund Chadleigh, it has now been decided that it should become a shrine to his life and poetry. But the transition from house to museum is running far from smoothly. For a sudden discovery is made: Buried in the kitchen garden is a human skeleton. And before too long, there is a second body, not yet cold. Murder is no longer just a dreadful possibility, but a certainty. It is a case that will test the sleuthing powers of Board member Carole Seddon and her friend Jude as never before...

Amateur sleuths Jude and Carole take on their third case when a terrible discovery is made in the cellar of a grand old house. Grant and Kim Roxby had hoped that their first dinner party at Pelling House would make an impression with their new neighbours. And the next day it's certainly the talk of the town of Fedborough. For their guests - including the couple's old friend Jude - had been enjoying a pleasant meal before they were rudely interrupted by a gruesome discovery. A human torso hidden in the cellar. Jude races home to Fethering and her friend Carole with the news. And soon the pair are back in Fedborough, questioning the locals. But they can't help but wonder why a town so notoriously distrustful of outsiders is proving so terribly amenable to their enquiries...

Sensible Carole Seddon and her bohemian neighbor Jude return in a case of a found skeleton and a missing girl whose identities don't match up.

Murderous portents lie in the astral plane, and deadly reckonings wreak havoc in the human heart in this collection of sixteen original stories by such masterly mystery writers as Lawrence Block, Peter Lovesey, Peter Tremayne, Jon L. Breen, Edward Marston, Bill Crider, Simon Brett, and the internationally acclaimed Anne Perry.

The gang that couldn't shoot straight. While the activities of her dearly departed husband often took place beyond the confines of the law, the genteel Mrs.Pargeter wears the diamonds and other spoils of the late Mr. P's nefarious career with impeccable grace. And though her beloved may have gone to his great reward, Mrs. Pargeter considers it a point of honor to resolve any unfinished business he left behind. Veronica Chastaigne, widow to one of Mr. Pargeter's partners in crime, in anxious to make restitution and return her gallery of priceless "borrowed" paintings to their rightful owners. Graciously accommodating, Mrs. P assembles her much-lamented husband's cast of merry crooks to smuggle a fortune in Rembrandts and da Vincis out of England. But a caper worthy of dear Mr. P wouldn't be up to snuff without the challenges of a bumbling inspector, a mysterious informant and a crafty interloper who manages to steal the paintings first ...

Herec-detektiv při natáčení úvodního kola vyšetřuje smrt populárního, ale namyšleného moderátora.

Charles Paris, Simon Brett's actor-cum-accidental sleuth, returns to the boards in this seventeenth novel in the popular series. When he is offered the chance to go on tour as a member of the cast of Not On Your Wife!, a new play by a prolific British farceur, he seizes the opportunity. The plot thickens when the tour reaches Bath. Charles seems to be too deeply into his role in the bedroom farce on stage and off; he is caught with his pants down after becoming unwittingly involved with two women. Charles is also enjoying a boisterous reunion with an old drinking buddy who runs the recording studio where Charles is making an audio book. But when his friend is found murdered, Charles quickly becomes a suspect. At least one member of the cast has a secret to hide, and Charles is soon up to his usual off-stage histrionics in an effort to clear his name so this won't become his final curtain call.

A great Christmas gift for mystery lovers, this book brings together a lethal collection of 13 original mysteries by P.D. James, Simon Brett, Susan Moody and others. "A cozy collection of yule-tidings gone wrong."--"Publishers Weekly." Contents: Mugs / Margaret Yorke -- And broke his crown / David Williams -- Bearing gifts / Nicole Swengley -- Season of goodwill / Mike Seabrook -- More than flesh & blood / Susan Moody -- The proof of the pudding / Peter Lovesey -- Charades, anybody? / H.R.F. Keating -- The mistletoe murder / P.D. James -- Operation Christmas / Tim Heald -- A card or a kitten / Liza Cody -- Political corrections / Simon Brett -- Boxing unclever / Robert Barnard -- Gold, frankincense and murder / Catherine Aird.

Paní Pargeterová, věrna své zásadě nenechat žádnou vraždu nevyřešenou, vydává se na nebezpečnou stezku vyšetřování do džungle spletitých vztahů, které v podnikání se zdravím a fitness programy panují. Na této stezce znovu přichází do kontaktu s mnoha "obchodními spolupracovníky" svého zesnulého manžela - mezi nimi, se smrtelně zasmušilým soukromým detektivem Lanýžem Masonem, novinářkou Ellie Fenchurchovou, manažerem Brotherton Hall "Jen Prstíkem" Arkwrightem, specializovaným chirurgem "Jackem Rozparovačem" a němým "Sešívačem Stanem". Může jim ale všem důvěřovat, nebo byli někteří zapleteni do všeobecně známé zrady na jejím zesnulém manželovi, skrývající se za jediným zlověstným slovem "Streatham"...

Forts. von : äGuck mal, wer da läuftä. - Den kleinen Quälgeist, dessen erklärtes Ziel es ist, seinen Eltern das Leben zur Hölle zu machen, ereilt kurz vor seinem 3. Geburtstag eine erschütternde Nachricht: er soll ein Brüderchen bekommen.

Podle abecedy setříděné nemoci a další zajímavosti. Spoluautorkou je Dr. Sarah Brewerová.

In 1973 successful television producer Laura Fisher sets out to have a baby before her thirtieth birthday. The child will be the ultimate assertion that she has overcome an upbringing of terrifying violence. All goes according to plan. Until the day of her son’s birth, when Laura sees something in the newspaper concerning the father of her child which shocks her to the core. Twenty years later, Laura’s past begins to close in on her. And finally, she is forced to face up to her chilling legacy. A legacy of murder...

Druhý rok úspěšného Prevíta. Svět okolo skýtá mnohem rozmanitější možnosti, jak dospělé pořádně vytočit, jak jim nahnat patřičný strach a užít si přitom namálo legrace. Drobné ústrky ze strany dospělých přeci jen pocítí. A co teprve hrozba, že by snad na cestě mohl být další prevít?

Für Kleinkinder ist die Welt ein riesiger Abenteuerspielplatz: Die Konservendosen im Supermarkt sind prima Bauklötze, man kann ›Toaster‹ spielen und eine Scheibe Brot in den neuen Videorekorder schieben oder sich kleine Attacken gegen Mama, Papa und die Hauskatze ausdenken … Neue Enthüllungen des Satansbratens, der schon mit Wie ich meinen Eltern den letzten Nerv raubte alle zum Lachen brachte.

The Little Sod, voiced on television by Rik Mayall, returns here to provide a humorous view of potty training, food fads, tantrums, bedtime traumas, parent and toddler groups, educational toys, and other aspects of a toddler's life.

Krásný překlad je nutno ocenit zejména proto, že text i konverzace jsou často postaveny na jazykových hříčkách, z nichž ty nepřeložitelné překladatelé ponechali pietně v originálu.

Acclaimed mystery writer Simon Brett takes readers behind the scenes of a true-crime television show, where actor Charles Paris has found work at last. As Charles reconstructs a missing man's actions for the TV cameras, he discovers that true-crime TV can be deadly.

Mrs. Pargeter is not a fan of diets and is content with her figure. However, she agrees to accompany her diet-obsessed friend Kim Thurrock to the exclusive Brotherton Hall health spa, on the condition that she enjoys a special "allergy treatment" featuring gourmet food and fine wine. Just as she settles in for a luxurious stay, she witnesses two men wheeling away a young girl's body. Determined to solve the murder, Mrs. Pargeter embarks on a perilous investigation into the health-and-fitness industry's pretensions and deceit. Her quest leads her to confront several of her late husband's associates, including the private eye Truffler Mason, journalist Ellie Fenchurch, Brotherton Hall's manager "Ankle-Deep" Arkwright, surgical expert "Jack the Knife," and the mysterious Stan the Stapler. As she navigates this network, she questions who can be trusted and whether any are linked to the betrayal of her late husband, hinted at by the word "Streatham." With her characteristic composure, Mrs. Pargeter travels from Brotherton Hall to King's Cross and Cambridge University, even visiting a Dead Sea mud bath, all in pursuit of justice. In her latest adventure, she is determined to get her pound of flesh, promising to captivate fans of this engaging mystery series.

Haben Sie sich je gefragt, was hinter der engelsgleichen Fassade eines schlafenden Säuglings vorgeht? Was will uns das Kind sagen, wenn es vor sich hin gurgelt? Warum rudert es mit den kleinen Ärmchen? In Tagebuchform erzählt ein Säugling (und Satansbraten) Woche für Woche, wie er seine Eltern auf Trab hält und in die totale Verzweiflung treibt. Da bleibt kein Auge trocken!

The dead man lay to one side, between the front pew and the altar. On the wall above him, over a little ledge on which the Puzzel motto was carved, could be seen the discoloured cobwebbed outline of the shield which had fallen to kill him. It lay face down, obscuring the man's head. Two halves of its chain hung from rings on each side. At the end of one was a broken link. Jack Tarrant is a newly retired Scotland Yard detective recovering from a bullet wound and bored with doing nothing but crossword puzzles. His girlfriend Maria hopes that a festive holiday weekend at the snowbound Country House Hotel, Puzzel Manor, will lift his spirits. But Jack can't seem to get away either from his career or the puzzles he loves so much. Soon after he and Maria arrive for their weekend, they find a corpse - and a series of mysterious, fiendish puzzles pitting them against the unknown murderer. The game is murder and the rules are dead simple. To avert further bloodshed, Jack and Maria must find out who among the guests or staff is the Puzzel Manor murderer by following the trail of devious clues before it's too late. Each chapter ends with a puzzle - sometimes an anagram, sometimes a crossword or other word game, sometimes a logic puzzle - and each subsequent solution brings Jack and Maria (and the reader) closer to the murderer's identity.

Hired to operate a forklift in a corporate video, struggling actor and English sleuth Charles Paris finds the job complicated when a girl on the set is crushed to death by the machine.

With the help of some unsavory associates, Mrs. Pargeter investigates the bizarre death of the recently widowed Joyce Dover, tracing Joyce's supposedly dead husband from South America, to England, to Corfu.

Mrs. Pargeter is not a fan of diets and is content with her ample figure. However, she agrees to accompany her friend Kim Thurrock to the exclusive Brotherton Hall health spa, provided she enjoys a special "allergy treatment" featuring gourmet food and fine wine. While looking forward to a luxurious stay, her plans are disrupted when she witnesses two men wheeling away a young girl's body. Determined to solve the mystery, Mrs. Pargeter embarks on a perilous investigation into the world of health and fitness, encountering various figures from her late husband's past, including private eye Truffler Mason, journalist Ellie Fenchurch, and the enigmatic Stan the Stapler. As she delves deeper, she questions their trustworthiness and confronts the shadow of her husband's betrayal linked to the ominous word "Streatham." With her characteristic composure, Mrs. Pargeter navigates from Brotherton Hall to King's Cross and even a Dead Sea mud bath in her quest for justice. In her fourth adventure, Mrs. Pargeter is set to captivate readers with her relentless pursuit of truth and a desire for retribution.

Hrsg. von George Hardinge, enthält Beiträge von Simon Brett, Elizabeth Ferrars und Antonia Fraser. 185 Seiten.

3x humorne ladený príbeh z hereckého prostredia. V príbehu [8] "Smrť na javisku" ponúka autor zasvätený pohľad do zákulisia divadelných inscenárií, do sveta agentov a managerov. V príbehu [9] - Vražda v názve - sa rozvíjajú dve detektívne zápletky, ktoré predvádza herecký súbor na javisku. A v poslednom [10] "Nie som mŕtvy, len oddychujem" autor poodhaľuje problematiku vydedencov spoločnosti - homosexuálov.

Ambicje Grahama Marshalla przyniosły mu zawodowy sukces, a on ma typowe problemy domowe, które to potwierdzają. Kiedy zostaje pominięty przy awansie na rzecz ambitnego kolegi, jest w szoku, ale nie tak bardzo, jak wtedy, gdy zostaje wplątany w morderstwo. Czy to przypadek, czy zamierzone działanie?

Brett introduces Melita Pargeter, his newest detective. Melita is a rich and vivacious widow whose mystery-solving talents come in handy when a murderer stalks a hotel for retirees.

Murder is the outcome when a middle-aged virgin agrees to risk a secret weekend of love at White Jasmine Cottage

Smithy’s Loam, tastefully designed housing estate - perfect for upwardly-mobile business executives and their model families, and perfect for murder. Into this epitome of middle-class respectability moves Mrs Pargeter, fresh from her stay at the Devereux Hotel (recounted in Simon Brett's 'A Nice Class of Corpse') and ready to settle down into her new home. With all the material trappings beloved of her new neighbours and an irreplacable legacy from the late Mr Pargeter, life should have been more than comfortable. When the central heating breaks down Mrs Pargeter decides to contact the former occupants, the Cottons, for advice. But the address to which they should have moved doesn't exist and Mr Cotton's employers seem to have no trace of him. Then Mrs Pargeter finds an unposted letter addressed to the Church of Utter Simplicity. She begins to wonder - where are the Cottons? Mrs Pargeter delves behind the veneer of the estate's net curtains into the intriguing lives of the inhabitants of Smithy's Loam and discovers that some people's manners leave a lot to be desired. With a fine attention to the idiosyncracies of suburban life, Simon Brett has again produced a marvellously entertaining and deceptively simple tale of suspense.

Charles Paris, the actor-sleuth, mixes both professions when he receives a part in a provincial production of "Macbeth" and one member of the cast is murdered

Poor Charles Paris - as an actor, which is his chosen profession, he is reaching rock-bottom; but as a detective, the role he is continually called upon to play, he's brilliant, as he demonstrates again in his latest adventure, 'Dead Giveaway'. He is now reaching the lowest form of showbiz life, the television give-away panel game. And when he and his vast audience least expect it, there's a murder in the studio, right in front of the cameras. Once again, Simon Brett reveals his mastery as he unravels a complex mystery and revels in the humour of this showbiz world.

Simon Brett is back with one of his best theater-inspired detective novels in Star Trap. Though the target for murder is an odious theater and television star, actor/detective Charles Paris finds that the main character is behind the strange happenings backstage, including the rehearsal pianist being shot in the hand, and an actor falling and breaking his leg. Why does the star want to sabotage his show? The answer is one much more human than it first appears.

Zwischen seinen Schauspieljobs nimmt Charles Paris einen Job als Rechercheur für den BBC-Radio an. Als eine junge Studioleiterin tot aufgefunden wird, erfährt Charles, dass sie mit einem zwielichtigen amerikanischen Plattenproduzenten zu tun hatte, der ebenfalls tot aufgefunden wird.

The disappearance of Britain's leading rock star begins an investigation by the Three Detectives.

Am Premierenabend im berühmten Londoner West End wird der Star einer kleinen Provinztruppe auf offener Bühne erschossen. Für die Polizei sind die Indizien eindeutig. Nicht jedoch für Charles Paris, den Schauspieler-Detektiv des englischen Autors Simon Brett. Ein Kriminalroman, der hinter die Kulissen der Theaterwelt führt - spannend, authentisch, psychologisch motiviert und eine Spur sophisticated.

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.

Tento svazek obsahuje díla vydaná samostatně: Mrtvá strana mikrofonu, Situační tragédie, Vražda bez nápovědy

Nach einer Serie von merkwürdigen Zwischenfällen begeht der künstlerische Direktor eines kleinen Provinztheaters Selbstmord. Oder war es gar kein Selbstmord, wie Schauspieler-Detektiv Charles Paris vermutet, als er entdeckt, daß jemand die Theaterarbeit systematisch sabotiert? (Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine frühere Ausgabe.)