A Series of Murders (Charles Paris, #13)

Charles Paris has been contracted to play brainless bobby Sergeant Clump, foil to the charismatic amateur sleuth, Stanislas Braid, in a TV series of that name. However, filming is far from plain sailing - plagued by the show's pompous star, and the constant outraged interruptions of the ancient author whose novels are being adapted. Indeed, there is plenty of friction about, but when an actress is crushed to death Charles suspects it was not a…