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Curtain Call to Murder

By: Julian Clary
Narrated by: David Rintoul, Emily Joyce, Hannah Van Der Westhuysen, Julian Clary, Pooky Quesnel, Tayla Kovacevic Ebong
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'Been reading this on m'olidays. It's perfectly ridiculous & also v funny...' DAWN FRENCH

'Curtain Call To Murder positively explodes with the double-entendres and vicious wit that has become his trademark.' DAILY EXPRESS

'Utterly hilarious & thrillingly disgusting' MIRIAM MARGOYLES

A murder on stage. A cast full of suspects. Can dresser to the stars and true crime obsessive Jayne unravel the mystery?

It is opening night at the London Palladium, and tensions are running high amongst the feuding cast of "Leopard Spots." Amongst them are an ageing lothario, a foul-mouthed national treasure, and a comedian-turned actor all vying for the spotlight.

When an on-stage accident forces an unexpected intermission, it is clear only to dresser to the stars Jayne that the backstage drama has turned deadly. Can she step out of the wings and identify the killer before it is too late? Or will murder make an encore...

Discover the year's most entertaining, devious and fabulous mystery from author, actor and comedian Julian Clary.©2024 Julian Clary (P)2024 Orion Publishing Group Limited
Animals Cosy Crime Thrillers Dark Humour Literature & Fiction Mystery Thriller & Suspense Celebrity Witty Feel-Good Comedy

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Absolutely wonderful, I would give it a million stars if I could, great story, funny characters and made even more fabulous with Julian himself a character

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fab

The performance was excellent. Like listening to a radio play. Listened to it in a couple of days.

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Loved the cast performance

Julian at his best, great from n. The cast was really good especially the actress playing Jane. comedy cosy murder perfect for a winter evening

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Brilliant

Really good plot which was woven expertly into the world of the theatre (and Julian Clary). Narration was excellent and I loved the additional asides.

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Simply joyful like an all day theatre performance.

What a delight to experience this audio performance. I listened in a single day and thoroughly enjoyed the story, performances and humour. Such great value for money too. Imagine how many theatre tickets one would have to buy to be entered by a team of professionals in this way for such a long time.

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An easy listen.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this. It took me a while to get into the story but I found myself laughing out loud. An enjoyable romp. with plenty of name dropping.

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Funny murder mystery

I like his humour and i liked the individual performances. Each one was acted very well. I hope Julian does another!

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Great cast

An unusual take on a murder mystery with a great cast of narrators. Julian added facts and additional comments to the plot like and old friend chatting over a cuppa.

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Such a Lovely Surprise!

I have always loved Julian Clary on TV and stage and had no idea he was also an author until an advert for this book randomly popped up online. I actually had it downloaded for about 6 months as it was something I had on standby if I ran out of something to listen to. If I'd have known how fabulous this book was I would have listened immediately! The different voices portraying the characters were perfect, it was so easy to imagine these people and see them in your head. The story was really great and flowed brilliantly. I've never listened (or read) a book that is purely, diary entries, text exchanges, adverts, blogs and tweets before now and what a revelation it was, it made it really fast paced and fun!

Julian, if you are reading this, which I very much doubt, but hope you are, please, please write more books, it was a delight! Also loved the name-dropping too.….poor Nigel, he doesn't just get it on the stage every Christmas, now it's in writing too!

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So funny

A real laugh out loud book. Great story lots of twists and turns. I would like to think there is a sequel in the writing.

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