The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey
The very first Peter Diamond mystery, and Anthony Award winning novel, from the superb Peter Lovesey.
A brilliant performance * Times Literary Supplement *
A terrific job * The Times *
Mr Lovesey maintains a wonderful tone throughout. . A comedy of bad manners, full of oddball characters and wacky events develops into a perfectly realised murder mystery whose skilful misdirection never oversteps the bounds of fair play * The Wall St Journal *
A bravura performance from a veteran showman: slyly paced, marbled with surprise and, in the end, strangely affecting * New York Times Book Review *
A terrific job * The Times *
Mr Lovesey maintains a wonderful tone throughout. . A comedy of bad manners, full of oddball characters and wacky events develops into a perfectly realised murder mystery whose skilful misdirection never oversteps the bounds of fair play * The Wall St Journal *
A bravura performance from a veteran showman: slyly paced, marbled with surprise and, in the end, strangely affecting * New York Times Book Review *
Born in Middlesex In 1936, Peter Lovesey was the author of 43 novels and seven collections of short stories. He is best known for his eight Victorian crime novels featuring Seargent Cribb and his flagship Peter Diamond series, which began with his Antony-award winning novel, The Last Detective, in 1991. Lovesey was the recipient of numerous awards over his lifetime, including the CWA Silver Dagger, multiple Macavity and Antony awards. He was one of a select number of writers to have been awarded both the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Special Edgar and the Crime Writers' Association's Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. He died in 2025 at the age of 88.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780751553680 |
| ISBN 10 | 0751553689 |
| Title | The Last Detective |
| Author | Peter Lovesey |
| Series | Peter Diamond Mystery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2014-01-23 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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