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Text for Author Bio: Simon Brett is a former radio and tv comedy producer, who may have been writing full-time for more than two decades. Creator of the Charles Parks, Mrs. Pargeter and Feathering group of mysteries, his psychological thriller, A Shock to the machine was filmed, starring Michael Caine. Married, with three children, he lives within an Agatha Christie-style village in West Sussex, England. A rising young stage comedian, who is about to receive his professions award as Most Promising Newcomer, dies sensationally on stage at the start of his act; as he picks up the mike, he is electrocuted. Faulty wiring appears to be the cause; no one persons at fault; a verdict of death by misadventure is returned at the inquest. But Simon Bretts actor/detective, Charles Paris, who has recently solved some highly complicated murders in Cast in Order of Disappearance, A LOT Blood and An Amateur Corpse, happens to have been in the audience. And when another member of the cast reveals the comedian checked his equipment prior to the performance, Charles is launched on an additional fascinating puzzle.Text for Review Box: "A witty tour of the showbiz undergrowth... instantly enjoyable." Guardian
