Stagestruck – Peter Lovesey Free Audiobook

Written by Peter Lovesey
Read by Simon Prebble
Unabridged

Clarion Calhoun is a fading pop star wanting to launch an acting career. The audience at her debut on stage at Bath’s Theatre Royal are expecting a dramatic evening – but what they get is beyond their wildest imagination. When Clarion is rushed to hospital with third degree burns, rumours spread through the theatrical community and beyond. In the best theatrical tradition, the show goes on, but the agony turns to murder. The case falls to Peter Diamond, Bath’s top detective – but for reasons he can’t understand, he suffers a physical reaction amounting to phobia each time he goes near the theatre. As he tries to find its root in his past, the tension at the Theatre Royal mounts, legends come to life and the killer strikes again …