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The Dead Side of the Mike
- Narrated by: Simon Brett
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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The Dead Side of the Mike
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Summary
When Andrea Gower’s body is discovered in an editing suite, with gashes in her wrists and two razor blades nearby, the cause of death seems obvious, with the words she spoke only hours before taking on a completely different meaning....
Working as a radio actor for the BBC was all new to Charles Paris: a new kind of work, a new jargon, and a lot of new faces - some of them quite pretty. But Charles, amateur sleuth and fond of the odd tipple, can’t get the dead girl out of his mind. And when the trail leads him to New York and back, by way of a DJ, an American conman, and another dead body, it becomes only a matter of time before the clues start falling into place....
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- Dawn Martin
- 24-01-22
Audio Aunty.
Made me laugh a lot, especially loved the spiky critic comments punctuating a meandering Charles through his highs and lows and the oft rediculous and/or tragic antics of just about everybody.
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- crochetdiva
- 25-01-22
Another great book by Simon Brett
Once again read by the author, this book goes transatlantic and back to the BBC. There is a lot going on, but clever writing helps to make it easy to follow.
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- Siri Ornholt
- 23-06-24
Great Charles Parrish story as usual.
Story flows and is amusing, intelligent and easy to follow. Very well told too. A recommendation.
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- Norma Miles
- 26-01-22
"Radio has nothing to do with communication."
Charles Paris, without the air of his useless agent, is briefly working for BBC radio when the body of a young woman newly returned from the States is discovered. The football match that she was supposedly commentating was still playing. It looked like suicide. Then another death and Charles is convinced that both were murder.
Read by the author, this series is always a delight, at times poignant, always filled with interesting characters - and this is a good who-dun-it? too. Rather a lot of protagonists to absorb in the early pages but with a nice interaction episode with his wife, this is more a mystery solving novel than most of the other Charles Paris novels.
An easy and most enjoyable (stand-alone) read. Recommended.
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- Lisa
- 09-02-22
Good mystery
Good mystery with lots of twists and turns, next to no blasphemy or swearing
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- Lesley
- 30-01-22
delightful
I have always enjoyed 😉 these takes.
loved this and the super reader. Brain 🍬
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- Taichivandamm
- 10-05-24
Good plot
I liked it all. Interesting to explore the old BBC procedures and operations. Well read in that nonchalant way that gives the bohemian vibe so nicely.
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- Chris Stanfield
- 05-11-20
Loved it!
Easy listening and well narrated by the author himself. I highly recommend this audio recording
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-01-22
Very witty
It is such a pleasure to listen to the phrasing and humour in Simon Brett’s narrative. Sharp, witty and very well written.
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- Maz Smith
- 11-03-22
fair
I enjoyed the story but for me the narrator was too bland. Chaps and chapesses all sounded too similar. Good story but I much prefer Bill Nighty in the role.
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