Star Trap, Simon Brett
Star Trap, Simon Brett
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Star Trap

Author: Simon Brett

Narrator: Geoffrey Howard

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/01/2007

Synopsis

Charles Paris has landed a role in a lavish West-End musical. The star, one of England’s most popuar comedians, is adored by the public but despised in the business. He also seems to be behind some strange happenings backstage, including the rehearsal pianist being shot in the hand and an actor falling and breaking his leg. Why would the star want to sabotage his own show?The playwright wants to strangle him. The leading lady longs to stab him in the back. The young Lothario looks at him with deadly rage. And unless Charles turns the spotlight on the real behind-the-scenes saboteur before opening night, murder will take top billing.

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 Irena on February 08, 2022

I quite enjoyed this third mystery featuring a middle-aged British actor Charles Paris. What I especially like about Charles Paris's many exploits is that they take me behind the scenes of British theater. This time Charles Paris is called to secretly investigate a sabotage against the musical based......more

Goodreads review by Bill on January 28, 2021

I think Star Trap (Charles Paris #3) by Simon Brett is my favorite book in this mystery series so far. It's an excellent mix of mystery and stage craft that keeps you interested from beginning to end. Aging, struggling actor Charles Paris is asked by his friend, lawyer Gerald Venables, to take a job......more

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on August 03, 2023

Excellent novels like this one, are why I persevere in finding each volume of series revealing originality! Simon Brett has authored oodles of series for decades and struck me as funny. I was unfazed about being mildly impressed with the first two Charles Paris novels. It took years to score volume......more

Goodreads review by Dorothy on August 18, 2013

Not as enjoyable as the Feathering mystery series by the same author.......more

Goodreads review by Verity on November 12, 2024

I'm really enjoying this series - and it's very easy to go straight from one book to the next.......more

Quotes

“[Cosham] reads Brett’s work with pleasant English charm in a staccato rhythm reminiscent of Cary Grant.”  Today’s Librarian 

“[Ralph Cosham] does a great job. Highly recommended.”
Library Journal

“Adeptly narrated by [Ralph Cosham], this short mystery moves nimbly. [Cosham’s] deep voice maneuvers characters deftly and allows for individuation of the dramatic lead, Christopher Milton; his leading lady; and others behind the set who may be suspects.” AudioFile

“A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans.” P. D. James

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