Bloodhounds/Diamond Dust Omnibus by Peter Lovesey

Bloodhounds/Diamond Dust Omnibus by Peter Lovesey

Two enthralling mysteries featuring the irascible detective Peter Diamond. BLOODHOUNDS: The Bloodhounds of Bath is a society that meets to discuss crime novels, but to their latest recruit they are simply a gaggle of dotty misfits. Until one of them reveals he is in possession of an immensely valuable stamp, recently stolen from the Postal Museum. Then the theft is overtaken by murder when one of the members is found dead in a locked houseboat, with the only key in the possession of a man with a perfect alibi. Enter Peter Diamond, head of the murder squad in Bath, and the beginning of a crime puzzle which would tax the brain of Inspector Morse. DIAMOND DUST: A detective learns to suppress his feelings when a verdict is announced, and Peter Diamond reveals no joy when Jake Carpenter is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. But the next day, when a women is shot dead in the Royal Victoria Park, Diamond's self-control dissolves in an instant. The dead woman is his own wife. Barred from taking part in the investigation, Diamond begins a parallel one of his own - with very different results to those of his erstwhile colleagues.

No-one has done this kind of thing better since Dorothy LSayers ... A must for crime buffs. * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Lovesey's writing is lucid and succinct, and he is a consumate story-teller. * Colin Dexter *
Pure joy. * SCOTSMAN *
Phone-off-the-hook time. * INDEPENDENT *

Peter Lovesey was born in Middlesex and studied at Hampton Grammar School and Reading University, where he met his wife Jax. He won a competition with his first crime fiction novel, Wobble to Death, and has never looked back, with his numerous books winning and being shortlisted for nearly all the prizes in the international crime writing world.
He was Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association and has been presented with Lifetime Achievement awards both in the UK and the US.

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ISBN 13	9780751536263
ISBN 10	0751536261
Title	Bloodhounds/Diamond Dust Omnibus
Author	Peter Lovesey
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	2004-04-01
Number of pages	704
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