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So far, Brett has written three series of detective novels (listed below). He has also written non-series novels, of which A Shock to the System (1984) is probably best known due to the filmed version starring Michael Caine as the business executive who takes revenge after being passed over for promotion. A Shock to the System is: a novel by British author Simon Brett, first published in 1984. ... Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth in Batman Begins Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, CBE (born 14 March 1933), known professionally as Sir Michael Caine, is an English film actor. ...

During his career with the BBC Brett produced the first episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, as well as many episodes of cult comedy series The Burkiss Way. He is also an accomplished sitcom writer, most notably for BBC Radio 4's After Henry and No Commitments and Smelling of Roses. The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... The Burkiss Way was a BBC Radio 4 sketch comedy series that ran from August 1976 to November 1980. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the largest publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation of the United Kingdom (see British television) and the world. ... After Henry is a situation comedy devised and written by Simon Brett. ... Smelling of Roses was a BBC Radio 4 comedy series starring Prunella Scales and written by Simon Brett. ...

Series

Charles Paris

Charles Paris is a moderately successful actor with a slight drinking problem who gets entangled in all sorts of crimes. There are seventeen novels featuring this character:

• Cast, In Order of Disappearance (1975)
• So Much Blood (1976)
• Star Trap (1977)
• An Amateur Corpse (1978)
• A Comedian Dies (1979)
• The Dead Side of the Mike (1980)
• Situation Tragedy (1981)
• Murder Unprompted (1982)
• Murder in the Title (1983)
• Not Dead, Only Resting (1984)
• Dead Giveaway (1985)
• What Bloody Man Is That? (1987)
• A Series of Murders (1989)
• Corporate Bodies (1991)
• A Reconstructed Corpse (1993)
• Sicken and So Die (1995)
• Dead Room Farce (1998)

Mrs Pargeter

Mrs Pargeter is a widow with a shadowy past who, with a little help from her dead husband's friends, is able to solve uncanny mysteries. The Mrs Pargeter novels include:

• A Nice Class of Corpse (1986)
• Mrs, Presumed Dead (1988)
• Mrs Pargeter's Package (1990)
• Mrs Pargeter's Pound of Flesh (1992)
• Mrs Pargeter's Plot (1996)
• Mrs Pargeter's Point of Honour (1999)

Fethering

Fethering is a fictitious village on England's south coast (next to Tarring). It is the place of residence of amateur sleuths Carole Seddon, a retired civil servant and her neighbour, Jude (whose origins are obscure). Seven Fethering mysteries have been published so far:

• The Body on the Beach (2000)
• Death on the Downs (2001)
• The Torso in the Town (2002)
• Murder in the Museum (2003)
• The Hanging in the Hotel (2004)
• The Witness at the Wedding (2005)
• The Stabbing at the Stables (2006)

Plays

• Murder in Play (1994)
• Mr Quigley's Revenge (1995)
• Silhouette (1998)
• The Tale of Little Red Riding Hood (1998)
• Sleeping Beauty (1999)
• Putting the Kettle on (2002)
• A Bad Dream (2005)

External links

• 1986 audio interview of Simon Brett with Don Swaim of CBS Radio, RealAudio
• Samuel French London, publishers of plays