Charles Paris is a part–time detective and professional actor, drawn into the affairs of an amateur theater company. Charles’s friend Hugo’s wife is murdered, and Hugo is charged with the crime. Now, Paris takes on the case personally. The solution to the mystery lies in a clever double alibt. An Amateur Corpse is an absorbing and entertaining account of theatrical back staging, back scratching and backbiting. This BBC Radio full-cast dramatization stars Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean, Love Actually) as Charles Paris, actor-cum-sleuth in Simon Brett's comedy murder mystery.