Книга: Simon Brett «Blood at the Bookies»
Производитель: "Неизвестный" Blood at the Bookies ISBN:9780330448482 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2009)
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Simon Brett
Simon Brett (born 28 October 1945 in
Radio and television career
While with the
More recently, he has become an accomplished sitcom writer, most notably with
Mystery writing career
Brett has written three series of detective novels (listed below). Most of these novels are in the "Golden Age" tradition of detective fiction, entertaining the reader through humor, eccentric characters, and intricate plot twists. He has also written several mystery plays and some non-series novels, of which "
Charles Paris
Charles Paris is an unhappily separated (but not divorced, more than 30 years on), moderately successful actor with a slight drinking problem who gets entangled in all sorts of crimes, and finds himself in the role of unwilling amateur detective. There are seventeen novels featuring this character:
*"Cast, In Order of Disappearance" (1975)
*"So Much Blood" (1976)
*"Star Trap" (1977)
*"An Amateur Corpse" (1978)
*"A Comedian Dies" (1979)
*"The Dead Side of the Mike" (1980)
*"Situation Tragedy" (1981)
*"Murder Unprompted" (1982)
*"Murder in the Title" (1983)
*"Not Dead, Only Resting" (1984)
*"Dead Giveaway" (1985)
*"What Bloody Man Is That?" (1987)
*"A Series of Murders" (1989)
*"Corporate Bodies" (1991)
*"A Reconstructed Corpse" (1993)
*"Sicken and So Die" (1995)
*"Dead Room Farce" (1998)
"Cast, In Order of Disappearance" and "So Much Blood" were both adapted for Radio 2 with Francis Matthews in the lead role in the 1980s.
"Sicken and So Die" has been adapted for radio by Jeremy Front, starring
Mrs Pargeter
Mrs Pargeter is a widow with a shadowy past who, with a little help from her dead husband's friends, is able to solve uncanny mysteries. The Mrs Pargeter novels include:
*"A Nice Class of Corpse" (1986)
*"Mrs, Presumed Dead" (1988)
*"Mrs Pargeter's Package" (1990)
*"Mrs Pargeter's Pound of Flesh" (1992)
*"Mrs Pargeter's Plot" (1996)
*"Mrs Pargeter's Point of Honour" (1999)
Fethering
Fethering is a fictitious village on England's south coast (next to Tarring). It is the place of residence of amateur sleuths Carole Seddon, a retired civil servant and her neighbour, Jude Nichols, whose origins are obscure. Nine Fethering mysteries have been published so far, with the latest, "Blood at the Bookies", being published in March 2008. The tenth book in the series is due in 2009:
*"The Body on the Beach" (2000)
*"Death on the Downs" (2001)
*"The Torso in the Town" (2002)
*"Murder in the Museum" (2003)
*"The Hanging in the Hotel" (2004)
*"The Witness at the Wedding" (2005)
*"The Stabbing in the Stables" (2006)
*"Death Under the Dryer" (2007)
*"Blood at the Bookies" (2008)
*"Poisoning at the Pub" (2009)
Plays
*"Murder in Play" (1994)
*"Mr Quigley's Revenge" (1995)
*"Silhouette" (1998)
*"The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood" (1998)
*"Sleeping Beauty" (1999)
*"Putting the Kettle on" (2002)
*"A Bad Dream" (2005)
External links
* [http://wiredforbooks.org/simonbrett/ 1986, 1989 interviews with Simon Brett] by
* [http://www.samuelfrench-london.co.uk/sf/Pages/acted/fae_b.html Samuel French London, publishers of plays]
Источник: Simon Brett
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