Falling Star by Patricia Moyes review

First published in 1964, this is one  of the earlier Inspector Henry Tibbett mysteries.  I hadn't read anything by Patricia Moyes before this.

In this story, an actor, Bob Meakin, is killed in a tragic accident when he trips and falls into the path of an oncoming train.  One of the directors of the film company, Anthony "Pudge" Croombe-Peters, an acquaintance of Henry Tibbett's, calls Tibbett to report the accident.  Tibbett points out that as a homicide detective, he isn't the person to be informed, but the local police should be.

After the accident, the film continues to be filmed with one of the other directors, Keith Pardoe, taking over the starring role.  During the filming, there is another death, this time a suicide of one of the employees, then another man is murdered.   The police investigate all of the deaths, and try to determine who had caused them.

Henry Tibbetts, in spite of all the evidence pointing to Croombe-Peters as the murderer, believes him to be innocent, and sets out to solve the crimes. The story is told by Croombe-Peters, and includes his fears, thoughts and feelings.  This makes for an interesting story.

I enjoyed this, and will be looking forward to reading more by Patricia Moyes.

This is one of my books for the  2014 Vintage BINGO Challenge--Silver--L--Professional Detective.
It is also one of my books for the Mt. TBR Reading Challenge.