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Simon Shaw
Full Series List in Order
A Philip Fletcher Mystery
1 - Murder Out of Tune (Jul-1988)2 - Bloody Instructions (Oct-1992)
3 - Dead for a Ducat (1992)
4 - The Villain of the Earth (Jul-1995)
5 - The Company of Knaves (Dec-1997)
Book List in Order: 9 titles
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Murder Out of Tune
- Jul-1988
- / Amateur Sleuth
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Reduced to making a living from voice-overs and commercials, stunned by his agent's and his girlfriend's indifference, and envious of rising star Gordon Wilde, struggling actor Philip Fletcher turns to murder. Reprint....
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Dead for a Ducat
- 1992
- / Amateur Sleuth
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Caught in a career slump, actor Philip Fletch is delighted to be offered a lucrative part in a movie, but, after accepting, he finds his life suddenly being threatened during filming and must turn the tables on his predator in an attempt to save his ...
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Bloody Instructions
- Oct-1992
- / Amateur Sleuth
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Forced to play second fiddle to bratty movie star Richi Calvi, who has landed the coveted title role in an important staging of Macbeth, Fletcher finds himself wrongly accused of murder when Calvi is found stabbed to death....
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The Villain of the Earth
- Jul-1995
- / Amateur Sleuth
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British thespian Philip Fletcher faces another dead body and another showdown with Inspector Higginbottom as a modern production of
Antony and Cleopatra goes terribly awry. By the author of Killer Cinderella. ... -
The Company of Knaves
- Dec-1997
- / Amateur Sleuth
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Furious that a hated rival is up for knighthood in the New Year's Honors List, Philip Fletcher takes advantage of the untimely death of a fellow actor to use blackmail and get on the List too, but things do not go quite as smoothly as he had intended...
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Act of Darkness
- Oct-1999
- / Suspense
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Philip Fletcher, somewhat exhausted and not yet fully recovered from his latest bout of life-threatening misdemeanors, takes an undemanding job at the Chichester Festival to allow himself to recuperate. What could be more pleasant than to idle away a...
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Killing Grace
- Jan-2002
- / Mystery
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The first novel in a new series, featuring female PI Grace Cornish, from the acclaimed author of the Philip Fletcher series of theatrical mysteries. There's something about Lewis. Something that women can't resist. And being a builder, he has easy ac...
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Frontier House
- May-2002
- / General Fiction
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A companion volume to the new PBS series
Frontier House offers behind-the-scenes details on the planning, production, casting, and filming of the six-hour series, along with informative sidebars offering historical perspectives, profiles of r... -