Stagestruck

Name: Stagestruck
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Peter Lovesey
ISBN: 9798892744577

Author: Peter Lovesey

Series: Inspector Peter Diamond Investigation #11

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/01/2024

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Traditional British, Police Procedural, International Crime & Mystery

Synopsis

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Pop diva Clarion Calhoun has packed the house with her celebrity appearance in Bath’s Theatre Royal production of I Am a Camera. But within moments of her much-anticipated onstage appearance, she’s pulled out of character as she screams and claws at her face.

When tainted stage makeup is found to have caused the disfiguring burn, fingers point to her makeup artist. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond investigates when the makeup artist is found dead, pushed from a catwalk far above the stage.

As Diamond digs deeper, he uncovers rivalries among the cast and crew and is forced to confront his own mysterious and deep-seated theatre phobia to find the killer.

“Superb … Once again, Lovesey proves he has few peers as a crafter of contemporary fair-play whodunits.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

About Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey is the author of the Peter Diamond mysteries, the Sergeant Cribb mysteries, and the Bertie, Prince of Wales novels. He was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger, Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, the Anthony, and the Ellery Queen Readers' Award, and is Grand Master of the Swedish Academy of Detection. He has been a full-time author since 1975, and was formerly in higher education. Peter currently lives in Chichester, England.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cheryl

"Stealing the show," an unusual theme for a story, with a somewhat ambiguous resolution. Tommy is coerced by his mother to apologize to the star of the show for stealing his thunder in the background, but the primary lesson he learns is his acknowledgment that he is stagestruck. This was a good read......more

Goodreads review by Katrina

Despite an adorable cast of characters and dePaola's doughy-style artwork, I found the book to be too long and the story somewhat unfocused with an oddly placed moral and a seemingly rushed ending. Tommy is coerced by his mother to apologize to the star of the show for stealing his thunder in the ba......more

Goodreads review by Reba

I did not like that Tommy found a way to "steal the show" from Johnny, the main character of the kindergarten play. I did like that at the end of the book he apologized to the teacher and Johnny.......more

Goodreads review by Annie

I think Tomie retold this same story in one of his chapter books about himself, but it was fun to have this picture book version. I don’t see myself getting through all 270 of his books anytime soon, but his chapter book series might be on my to-read list for this summer. (I don’t find anything inte......more

Goodreads review by emyrose8

A boy is stagestruck and wants to play the main part in his class play. When he gets a supporting role, he makes the most of it and hams it up for the audience, stealing the show. It's a good lesson about letting others have the spotlight when its their turn.......more