No Time Like Show Time is the third book in the Hermux Tantamoq series of books written by Michael Hoeye

Michael Hoeye

Michael Hoeye is the author of "The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures" series of children's fiction mystery novels - Time Stops for No Mouse, The Sands Of Time, No Time Like Show Time and the newest book in the series, Time to Smell the Roses. He and his wife, Martha, live in Oregon, U.S...

, which includes Time Stops for No Mouse

Time Stops for No Mouse

Time Stops for No Mouse is a great children's fiction mystery book written by Michael Hoeye. The book was first published by Speak, a division of Penguin Putnam. The 250-page book was originally published in 1999, and was a finalist for the Book Sense "Book of the Year" award. It was reprinted in...

,The Sands of Time

The Sands of Time (Hoeye novel)

The Sands of Time is the second book in the Hermux Tantamoq series, created by Michael Hoeye. The Sands of Time is the second in a series beginning with Time Stops for No Mouse, followed by No Time Like Show Time, and Time to Smell the Roses...

, and Time to Smell the Roses.

Plot introduction

Hermux is back in Pinchester after his adventures in the desert, trying to return to his normal life as a watchmaker. He receives a mysterious invitation to the Varmint Variety Theater from the impresario, Fluster Varmint. Fluster is being blackmailed and needs Hermux's help to save his theatre. But show business is a whole new world of weirdness for our modest hero. Hermux ends up saving the show and finding out who black mailed Fluster.

Trivia

There is a character nicknamed "Parrot of 1,000 Voices",which may be a reference to Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc

Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...

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