A must for crime buffs

Mail on Sunday

Diamond in full dazzle . . . skilfully pays homage to the old-style whodunit in this thoroughly modern mystery

Publishers Weekly

The fourth uniquely stylish crime novel, from the award-winning Peter Diamond series.

'Darling, if ever I've met a group of potential murderers anywhere, it's the Bloodhounds.' Thus says one of the members of the Bloodhounds of Bath, a society that meets in a crypt to discuss crime novels. But to their latest recruit, they seem just a gaggle of dotty misfits, until one of them reveals that he is in possession of an immensely valuable stamp, recently stolen from the Postal Museum.

Then theft is overtaken by murder when the corpse of one of the Bloodhounds is found in a locked houseboat, with the only key in the possession of a man with a perfect alibi. Burly Peter Diamond finds himself embroiled in a mystery evoking the classic crime puzzles of John Dickson Carr.

Winner of the Crime Writers Association Silver Dagger, the Barry Award and the Macavity Award.

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A uniquely stylish crime novel, from the award-winning Peter Diamond series
A must for crime buffs - Mail on Sunday<p></p>Diamond in full dazzle . . . skilfully pays homage to the old-style whodunit in this thoroughly modern mystery - Publishers Weekly
Existing author website at www.peterlovesey.com/

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780751553659
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Sphere
Vekt
282 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

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.