No Time like Show Time [Paperback]

Ursula Dubosarsky (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 6, 2006

This is the third Hermux Tantamoq adventure [trademark]. Hermux Tantamoq, watchmaker, coffee-lover and accidental hero, is back in Pinchester, trying to return to his normal life. Then he receives a mysterious invitation to the Varmint Variety Theater - from the theatre's owner, presiding genius and all-round impresario, Fluster Varmint. Fluster is in trouble. He needs help of a highly confidential nature. He is being blackmailed. Somebody wants his theater - and worse, that somebody just might be connected with evil Tucka Mertslin. Hermux has only one option - he has to help. But how will our hero cope with the world of showbiz?

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About the Author

Michael Hoeye worked in New York as a textile designer, stagehand, fashion photographer and high school teacher. He completed graduate work in psychiatry and religion in Manhattan and taught Management of Innovation and Creativity at Marylhurst University. He lives with his wife Martha in Oregon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Puffin (April 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0141315148
• ISBN-13: 978-0141315140
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,919,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Of Mice and Mystery, June 5, 2007

A Kid's Review

This review is from: No Time Like Show Time (Hardcover)

No Time Like Show Time by Michael Hoeye is set in a city populated by mice, rats, otters, flying squirrels, and other small mammals. The main character, Hermux Tantamoq, is a clock and watch repair mouse who receives a mysterious letter by messenger from the most famous mouse in show business, Fluster Varmint.

The plot twists and turns as we meet the characters, get information about possible motives, and find out about an action film director making a documentary about Varmint's first big movie star, who mysteriously disappeared and is presumed dead. More and more details come into the storyline after Hermux learns that Varmint has been receiving threatening letters. Later, a background mystery that Hermux doesn't know about is revealed, and before long things in the book take an explosive turn. Finally, at the book's climax, the villain is arrested, and the second plot is resolved.

This book is absolutely great. We don't know until the very end whether Hermux will stop the culprit's plan, and the mystery featuring the movie actress keeps you turning the pages for more. The characters in this book are extremely colorful, the dialogue is well written, and the plot gets more and more exciting as the book progresses.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries. Even though it's classified as a fantasy, there's enough suspenseful-yet-funny intrigue involved to satisfy anyone who's a big fan of any of those genres.