SO MUCH BLOOD a witty and addictive cozy murder mystery

About SO MUCH BLOOD a witty and addictive cozy murder mystery

One middle-aged actor, making ends meet – and occasionally solving murders One student drama society, performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival One bag, full of prop knives . . . It all adds up to SO MUCH BLOOD

(Mostly) out of work actor Charles Paris has bypassed his showbiz agent and found himself a job: a week at the famous Edinburgh comedy festival, performing his one-man show.

“Is this the right thing for you to be doing, artistically?” Maurice warns, with the same moving appeal he makes every time Charles suggests something unprofitable. But Charles is determined – and heads off to Edinburgh, ready to perform as part of the Derby University Dramatic Society.

He first has regrets when he sees the poster advertising his show, which reads: DUDS ON THE FRINGE . . . and the greatest of these is Charles Paris.

But worse is yet to come. While waiting for the rehearsal room to be free, Charles accidentally witnesses a scene from the DUDS’ own play. Student drama can be murder – but even Charles doesn’t expect to see the show’s star, rock musician Willy Mariello, stabbed to death by a cast-member wielding what was meant to be a fake knife . . .

Fans of Agatha Christie, The Thursday Murder Club, Anthony Horowitz, Alexander McCall Smith, M.C. Beaton and Faith Martin will love this hilarious cozy traditional mystery series featuring one of the funniest antiheroes in crime fiction. Written over a fifty-year-period, it perfectly captures life and contemporary attitudes in 1970s London – and beyond!