Text for book description: Simon Brett again takes us behind the scenes in a back-stage drama of crime and detection. This time it's the world of provincial rep, with an historic theatre threatened with closure by unscrupulous property developers. And the theatre management seems to be digging its own grave: a deplorable choice of current productions; a painfully incompetent director; bizarre accidents happening on stage.

Charles, as Mr. Brett's readers know, is an amateur detective and a professional actor. As an actor his career is still on the way down, with not much further to go. But as a detective he goes from strength to strength. He soon establishes that someone is deliberately sabotaging the company. All this culminates in a spectacular suicide. Or is it murder, as Charles Paris suspects? Text for Review Box: "A mystery that astounds and delights. A hit." -Booklist

"Every page is gentle fun." -Daily Telegraph

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I have read all the Fethering series and enjoyed them immensely. Thought I would try this series and really sorry I did. Very boring!!!!

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Murder in the Title is an excellent example of the humorous murder mystery genre. This book, like all of Simon Brett's Charles Paris novels, is centered around the English theatre scene, complete with egotistical actors, inefficient theatre staff and back-biting galore. This particular book has some extremely hillarious dialogues that will make you laugh out loud. If you enjoy a mix of murder and humor, like Charlotte MacLeod, Lillian Jackson Braun, and Elizabeth Peters, with a bit of theatre and British dialogue thrown in, you will love this book. I highly recommend it.