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Taking on his most unlikely performing assignment yet: 'forklift-driver-for-a-day' in the Delmoleen company corporate video, Charles Paris discovers—to his horror—that a forklift can lead to death. Industrial accident—or murder? Charles decides to find out..
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Another rollicking, good story and based around another form of the acting career. This time, we are in the area of corporate events. Charles is employed to play a fork lift truck driver with a line of dialogue to deliver. Naturally, Mr Paris cannot turn up without someone coming to an unfortunate end.
Charles Paris does what he does: he bumbles his way to a solution whilst his private life falls further through the floor and his drink problem becomes ever more apparent.
Charles Paris does what he does: he bumbles his way to a solution whilst his private life falls further through the floor and his drink problem becomes ever more apparent.
Charles Paris gets a job shooting a commercial film for the Demoleen Company. While there a secretary is killed by pallets falling on her. It's deemed an accident but Charles is sure it is murder. A competent mystery.
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Simon Brett was born in Worcester Park, Surrey on October 28, 1945. He attended Dulwich College and then Wadham College, Oxford, where he studied English. Between 1967 and 1977, he was a producer with BBC Radio. He also spent a couple of years working for Thames Television. In 1975, he published his first 'Charles Paris' novel. By 1979, Brett had show more become a full-time writer. He has written and edited children's books, humorous novels and several anthologies. In 1986, he introduced another sleuth: Mrs Pargeter. As well as the Charles Paris and Mrs. Pargeter detective series, he is also the author of the radio and television series After Henry, the radio series No Commitments and the bestselling How to be a Little Sod . His novel A Shock to the System was filmed starring Michael Caine. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Corporate Bodies
- Original publication date
- 1991
- People/Characters
- Charles Paris; Maurice Skellern; Will Parton
- Important places
- London, England, UK; England, UK
- First words
- One of the reasons why I became an actor, Charles Paris reflected wryly as he swung the wheel of the forklift truck, was to avoid tedious jobs like this.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)According to retailers, a lot of purchasers had bought their Delmoleen 'Greens' back, complaining they were mouldy.
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