Who Killed Simon Peters?

One dead TV star. Sixty million suspects! Self-obsessed c-list celeb Simon Peters returns in a second hilarious and on-the-nail satire of our celebrity-centred world...

An hysterical, rip-roaring, celebrity yarn...Hendy has done it again!

Paul Hendy brilliantly depicts the glamour and grime of showbusiness.  A laugh a page and then some

Brilliantly funny...why isn't it all about me, though? I think he should have called it 'Who Killed Toyah Wilcox?'

I had to read the whole book just to make sure I got a mention...Very funny though

Paul Hendy's showbiz age is 28. Although he never made it to the C-list, he did host such TV shows as 'Don't Try This at Home' and 'Wheel of Fortune' (which had been running successfully for 20 years until Paul did a series and they cancelled it). He now focuses on directing panto. He lives in West London with his wife, daughter and Ernie the cat. The Diary of a C List Celeb was his first novel.

The King is dead. A nation mourns... 
Having clawed his way up from C-list obscurity to the pinnacle of A-list superstardom, media personality and self-proclaimed King of Saturday Night Television, Simon Peters is found dead in 'suspicious circumstances'. 
Deluded, self-obsessed and with an ego the size of Coventry, Simon trod on so many toes, stabbed innumerable backs and slept with a lot of the wrong people in his ever-more desperate search for fame. The bitter ex-agent, the ruthless manager, the jilted ex-girlfriend, the rival game-show host and any number of members of the viewing public who'd had to sit through his shows - each and every one had reason to hate Simon. But who would hate him enough to want to see him dead? Investigative journalist David Mulryan looks back on the career of this light entertainment legend in his search to answer the burning question: Who Killed Simon Peters? 
Taking you inside the mind of a man who is dying to be famous, this deliciously funny novel takes a sideways swipe at show business, slaps the face of the television industry and gives a friendly poke in the eye to our celebrity-obsessed culture.

Paul Hendy

'I don't know what Simon Peters is worried about, at least he's got panto'

'Bloody genius, very funny and leg-crossingly embarrassing'

From playing panto in Grimsby to hosting the highest rated light entertainment show in the history of British television, this is the story of one extraordinary year in the life of minor TV personality and serial bad dresser, Simon Peters... 
 
Simon languishes on the bottom rung of the showbiz celebrity ladder, mired in the tacky world of game shows, daytime TV and home shopping channels. His agent has trouble remembering his name and even his stalker is more famous than he is. He goes to all the wrong parties, sleeps with all the wrong people and to make matters worse, stardom beckons for his most-loathed enemy. And just when it seems things couldn't get any worse, the plug is pulled on his TV show... 
 
Like most celebrities, Simon's riddled with insecurities but he's nothing if not resilient, thick-skinned, utterly selfish and a total - if misguided believer - in his own talent. HE knows he's got what it takes to get to the middle, the very middle. It's just the getting there that's the problem.

The Diary Of A C-List Celeb

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'I don't know what Simon Peters is worried about, at least he's got panto'

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'Bloody genius, very funny and leg-crossingly embarrassing'

'I don't know what Simon Peters is worried about, at least he's got panto'

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'Bloody genius, very funny and leg-crossingly embarrassing'

'I don't know what Simon Peters is worried about, at least he's got panto'

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'Bloody genius, very funny and leg-crossingly embarrassing'

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