Death At The Playhouses By Douglas Stuart
Death At The Playhouses By Douglas Stuart
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A second witty, fun, 1970s-set whodunnit in the Lowe and Le Breton mysteries series, featuring two ageing actors attempting to solve a murder after their famous co-star is found dead in a doorway outside the theatre in which theyre performing. Nostalgic cosy crime thats perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and Death & Croissants.
Its 1971 and, in between filming seasons of Floggit and Leggit!, ageing actors Edward Lowe and John Le Breton sign up for short run of Shakespeare tragedies at the Bolton Playhouse. But, once in Lancashire, they discover they have been invited to join the theatres repertory company for two reasons because the company manager is keen to take advantage of the publicity surrounding their successful BBC comedy series and because Sir Nathaniel Thompson, the much-lauded star of the show and knight of the realm, has been sacked for drunkenness and for failing to turn up for work.
John fears an awkward scene, should Thompson who he knew during the war return to reclaim his job, but when the great actors body is found, bludgeoned to death in a nearby alleyway, the unlikely crime-solving duo find themselves investigating another fiendish mystery that takes them from the northwest of England to the Netherlands, and which, rather inconveniently, seems to have Johns ex-wife Sally at its heart.
Death at the Playhouses is the second in The Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries series.
Its 1971 and, in between filming seasons of Floggit and Leggit!, ageing actors Edward Lowe and John Le Breton sign up for short run of Shakespeare tragedies at the Bolton Playhouse. But, once in Lancashire, they discover they have been invited to join the theatres repertory company for two reasons because the company manager is keen to take advantage of the publicity surrounding their successful BBC comedy series and because Sir Nathaniel Thompson, the much-lauded star of the show and knight of the realm, has been sacked for drunkenness and for failing to turn up for work.
John fears an awkward scene, should Thompson who he knew during the war return to reclaim his job, but when the great actors body is found, bludgeoned to death in a nearby alleyway, the unlikely crime-solving duo find themselves investigating another fiendish mystery that takes them from the northwest of England to the Netherlands, and which, rather inconveniently, seems to have Johns ex-wife Sally at its heart.
Death at the Playhouses is the second in The Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries series.
