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The Dead Side of the Mike

By: Simon Brett
Narrated by: Simon Brett
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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....

©1980 Simon Brett (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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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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I have always enjoyed 😉 these takes.
loved this and the super reader. Brain 🍬

delightful

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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.

Good plot

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Simon sounded very young here so felt as if he was finding where his talents lay. So on that basis, very much a 'master to be' serving his apprenticeship.

An early work?

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Easy listening and well narrated by the author himself. I highly recommend this audio recording

Loved it!

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