A Decent Interval cover art

A Decent Interval

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

A Decent Interval

By: Simon Brett
Narrated by: Simon Brett
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

After a long period of "resting", life is looking up for Charles Paris, who has been cast as the Ghost of Hamlet's Father and First Gravedigger in a new production of Hamlet. Ophelia is played by Katrina Selsey, who won the role through a television talent show. Hamlet himself is also played by a reality TV contestant, Jared Root - and the two young stars have rather different views than the more experienced members of the cast.

But when the company reach the first staging post of their tour, matters get more serious, with one member of the company seriously injured in what appears to be an accident, and another dead. Once again, Charles Paris is forced to don the mantle of amateur detective.

©2013 Simon Brett (P)2013 Isis Publishing Ltd Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Comedy

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Charles Paris: Cast in Order of Disappearance cover art
Mrs Pargeter's Principle cover art
Corporate Bodies cover art
Father Paolo Baldi Mysteries cover art
Patrick Hamilton: Rope, Gaslight, Hangover Square and More cover art
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete BBC Collection cover art
Murder at the Lodge cover art
Paul Temple: The Complete Radio Collection: Volume One cover art
Good Murder cover art
Murder on Thames cover art
Rumpole: A BBC Radio Collection cover art
Murder at the Nineteenth cover art
The Plays of J. B. Priestley cover art
A Small Town Murder: The Complete Series 1-14 cover art
David Mitchell: Back Story cover art
Pietr the Latvian cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
Simon Brett's Charles Paris makes a welcome return.
For me though his antics in the 80s seem to fit the character much more than him having a mobile and taking about Twitter. His constant drinking of Bell's whiskey makes him seem a little dated now. SB's narration is brilliant, as always and I enjoyed listening to the full book. I just don't think it stands up as well as a lot of the earlier books.

not as good as some earlier novels

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Such a funny series - and I love the full of faults Charles Paris who is essentially a useless drunkard.

Great

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It has been wonderful to listen to a new Charles Paris mystery written and brilliantly read by Simon Brett.
The dissolute lifestyle of Charles Paris continues, and his acting career maintains its bottom scraping trajectory, but his ability to solve crimes remains at its charming peak.
Well done Simon Brett

Welcome back Charles Paris

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Any additional comments?

Can't understand why a previous version of this book with a different narrator was allowed to escape. I hated that version, but knowing how much I enjoy Simon's reading, he is Charles Paris to my mind, I decided to give this version a chance. I was not disappointed. In fact I didn't actually remember more than the ending from the other version, which goes to show that the narrator can (and obviously does) make a huge difference.

Looking forward to yet more of Mr Paris in the future.

Excelent listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Performance exceptionally well attuned the writing . An hilarious and penetrating commentary with brilliant scene setting both on and off stage ….

Great humour and characterisation. Absorbing murder mystery from the insider’s view of the theatre world.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I have really enjoyed Simon Brett's Charles Paris dramatisations so thought I would try a full length book. Initially I was disappointed, as Bill Nighy plays Charles so well in the dramatisations and in my head he is Charles Paris. However after a few minutes of listening to Simon Brett's narration I was so caught up in this story that I listened to it over a couple of days and will definitely download some more of these. As in the Fethering mysteries Simon Brett really brings the story and the characters to life. Great for an easy, fun listen.

Wonderful!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Excellent narration in which the characters really came to life. A highly enjoyable listening experience.

A First-rate Performance

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.