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Lowe and Le Breton mysteries - Death at the Playhouses

Stuart Douglas

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Titan Books Ltd
18 March 2025
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 they're performing. Nostalgic cosy crime that's perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and Death & Croissants.

In between filming seasons of Floggit and Leggit!, ageing actors Edward Lowe and John Le Breton sign up for short run at the Leeds Playhouse, lured by the promise that the play will transfer to the Stadsschouwburg

the Amsterdam Playhouse. Once in Leeds, they discover they have been invited to join for two reasons

because the company manager is keen to take advantage of the publicity surrounding Floggit and Leggit! (now a massive hit) and because Sir Nathaniel Thompson, the much-lauded star of the show and knight of the realm, has been sacked for drunkenness and 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 Thompson's body is found, bludgeoned to death in a nearby alleyway, this ceases to be an issue. Once more, the elderly thespian sleuths decide to investigate.
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Imprint:   Titan Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 130mm, 
ISBN:   9781803368221
ISBN 10:   1803368225
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Stuart Douglas is an author and editor based in Edinburgh. He runs Obverse Books, and has written four Sherlock Holmes novels for Titan Books. In 2016, he co-created the award winning Black Archive series of books, and has also written and edited novellas and short story anthologies for several publishers.

Reviews for Lowe and Le Breton mysteries - Death at the Playhouses

Praise for Death at the Dress Rehearsal ""Death at the Dress Rehearsal is certain to find a place in the hearts of cosy crime readers everywhere, with its breezy prose, its witty observations and the often hilarious interplay between its two thespian leads - not to mention the cracking mystery at its heart. Stuart Douglas has just delivered the best cosy crime novel since The Appeal."" George Mann, author of the Newbury & Hobbes series ""It was a joy to be in the company of these Dad's Army Detectives. I read the whole book in one sitting. Hugely enjoyable and lots of fun."" Nev Fountain, author of The Fan Who Knew Too Much ""Glorious and ingenious! What a lovely start to what I hope will be a long-running series!"" Paul Magrs, author of Exchange ""Death at the Dress Rehearsal is a real tootsy-pop of a mystery thriller, with an irresistible conceit and enough twists and turns to bamboozle the most conscientious of armchair sleuths. Think you won't love it? Who do you think you are kidding...?"" Steve Cole, author of the Young Bond series ""Holmes and Watson by way of Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier; a wonderfully mismatched duo who you can't help falling in love with."" Amy Walker, Trans-Scribe ""Not many authors can write a book where each character has a unique voice. In most cases the inner monologues are much the same, the authorial voice thinly veiled. But not many authors are Stuart Douglas. Edward Lowe and John Le Breton are two of the most unique and disparate crime solvers you could find. Actors as unalike in their dispositions as their methods."" Elizabeth Lefebvre, Strange & Random Happenstance


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