num_pages: 192
description: An Amateur Corpse is another fascinating Simon Brett mystery set in the backdrop of theater. Charles Paris is a part-time detective and professional actor, drawn into the affairs of an amateur theater company. Charles’s friend Hugo’s wife is murdered, and Hugo is charged with the crime. Now, Paris takes on the case personally. The solution to the mystery lies in a clever double alibi. An Amateur Corpse is an absorbing, and entertaining account of theatrical backstaging, backscratching and backbiting.
language: English
title: An Amateur Corpse
titlecomplete: An Amateur Corpse (Charles Paris, #4)
genres: Cozy Mystery, Detective, Crime, British Literature, Mystery, Fiction, Humor, Murder Mystery
ratings_count: 411
series: Charles Paris
publisher: iUniverse