Stagestruck by peter lovesey6/11/2023 ![]() The Cribb series ran its joyful length in books and TV scripts and I can’t see myself getting back to it. In the new one, Stagestruck, Diamond must resolve a deep-seated fear of being inside a theatre before he can tackle the murder mystery in Bath’s Theatre Royal. The plotting has to be stronger, too, to match their personal struggles. In the Diamond and Mallin series, the setting of Bath or Chichester is a given, so I like to work more with character, finding strong challenges for my detective and his team. The Cribb books all began with a theme based on a Victorian entertainment: marathon walking, prize-fighting, the music hall, the river, the waxworks and so on. ![]() Peter Lovesey: You’re so right about the differences in plotting. How do you decide which you’ll tackle next? Do you sort out the project according to the nature of the story? I can imagine, for instance, that a plotline suitable for Sergeant Cribb would be entirely different from one you’d flesh out for Peter Diamond. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sue Grafton: I’ve sampled three of your series: Peter Diamond, CID Inspector Hen Mallin and the Sergeant Cribb/Constable Thackeray novels. New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton, one of Peter Lovesey's biggest fans, interviews him about crime novel plotting, the ins and outs of selling movie rights, and writing as a day job: Sue Grafton and Peter Lovesey: Author One-on-One ![]()
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