Stagestruck

'Lovesey is a wizard at mixing character-driven comedy with realistic-to-grim suspense. And in a writing career
spanning four decades, he has created a stylish and varied body of work.' —The Wall Street Journal
Pop diva, Clarion Calhoun, has packed the house with a 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 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.