Sicken and So Die, Simon Brett
Sicken and So Die, Simon Brett
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Sicken and So Die

Author: Simon Brett

Narrator: Geoffrey Howard

Unabridged: 5 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2010

Synopsis

Simon Brett's oldest and most beloved character, Charles Paris, is back. Paris, the often out-of-work actor, has a good part, for a change, playing Sir Toby Belch in a summer festival production of Twelfth Night. But when the director takes ill and then Paris' friend in the production is the apparent victim of intentional food poisoning meant for Paris, it's not long until the bodies start to turn up. Paris is forced to deal not only with a wild young director whose idea of Shakespeare the bard himself would hate, but with a murderer in the production as well.

About Simon Brett

Simon Brett is the creator of six series of detective novels, as well as ten stand-alone novels. His stand-alone novel A Shock to the System was adapted as a film starring Michael Caine. He has been awarded the CWA’s prestigious Diamond Dagger for an outstanding body of work and the Malice Domestic Award for lifetime achievement. He was awarded an OBE in the 2016 New Year’s Honours for Services to Literature and also was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is a former president of Britain’s Crime Writers Association. He worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full-time.

About Geoffrey Howard

Geoffrey Howard (a.k.a. Ralph Cosham) (1936–2014) was a British journalist who changed careers to become a narrator and screen and stage actor. He performed in more than one hundred professional theatrical roles. His audiobook narrations were named “Audio Best of the Year” by Publishers Weekly, and he won seven AudioFile Earphones Awards, and in 2013 he won the coveted Audie Award for Best Mystery Narration for his reading of Louise Penny’s The Beautiful Mystery.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristen on June 18, 2012

The mystery itself wasn't the best I have ever read, but the way the author describes the world of acting and the frustrations thereof was SPOT ON. Every actor who has ever done Shakespeare or worked with a director you'd gladly see poisoned, would enjoy reading this!......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on September 04, 2018

Whoa....I thought listening to the BBC productions of Simon Brett's Charles Paris series of mysteries was pretty much the same as listening to an audio book version. How wrong I was! The actual novel, this one at least, lacks all of the humor and wit of the Bill Nighy take on the Charles Paris chara......more

Goodreads review by Phyllis on August 02, 2012

Sicken and So Die is a rather late entry in Simon Brett's Charles Paris Mystery Series. Although not one of my favorites, I did enjoy this book. It is light summer reading at its best, and certainly well-worth your time.......more

Quotes

“For followers of this series, this is classic Charles Paris.”  Publishers Weekly

“Funny and stylish.”   Amazon.com, editorial review

“The lugubrious but quick-witted Paris is in rollicking good form in this thoroughly delightful romp. A must for actor wanna-bes, mystery buffs, and Shakespeare fans.” Booklist

“Thespians and fans of Brett will appreciate this work.”  Library Journal

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