verityw's review
3.0
Charles is earning money again (or at least trying to) but this time not as an actor but as a decorator. Just while he's resting you know. Unfortunately when he and the man he's working for turn up at their next job. at a flat over a showbiz restaurant, they find a corpse. And soon Charles is investigating again. Lots of fun - and a smart move to have Mr P away from acting for a change.
jmeston's review
3.0
His writing style is very assured. Reading one of his mysteries feels a bit like taking a mini vacation. I will have to look for more of the C. Paris books.
Loved the kick-off quotation: "With respect to the extravagance of actors, as a traditional character, it is not to be wondered at. They live from hand to mouth: they plunge from want into luxury; they have no means of making money *breed*, and all professions that do not live by turning money into money, or have not a certainty of accumulating it in the end by parsimony, spend it. Uncertain of the future, they make sure of the present moment. This is not unwise."
William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830) "On Actors and Acting"
Loved the kick-off quotation: "With respect to the extravagance of actors, as a traditional character, it is not to be wondered at. They live from hand to mouth: they plunge from want into luxury; they have no means of making money *breed*, and all professions that do not live by turning money into money, or have not a certainty of accumulating it in the end by parsimony, spend it. Uncertain of the future, they make sure of the present moment. This is not unwise."
William Hazlitt (1778 - 1830) "On Actors and Acting"
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