Peter Lovesey

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The United Kingdom

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http://peterlovesey.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Peter (Harmer) Lovesey (born 1936 in Whitton, Middlesex) is a British writer of historical and contemporary crime novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. Lovesey's novels and stories mainly fall into the category of entertaining puzzlers in the "Golden Age" tradition of mystery writing.

Most of Peter Lovesey's writing has been done under his own name. However, he did write three novels under the pen name Peter Lear.

Lovesey's novels and short stories have won him a number of awards, including both the Gold and Silver Daggers of the Crime Writers' Association, of which he was chairman in 1991/92. In...more

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Books by Peter Lovesey

Average rating: 3.69 · 3,410 ratings · 550 reviews · 79 distinct works

	The Last Detective (Peter Diamond, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 1991 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The False Inspector Dew 3.95 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1992 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The House Sitter (Peter Diamond, #8) 3.67 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Skeleton Hill (Peter Diamond, #10) 3.61 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Bloodhounds (Peter Diamond, #4) 3.89 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Stagestruck (Peter Diamond, #11) 3.54 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Vault (Peter Diamond, #6) 3.77 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Diamond Dust (Peter Diamond, #7) 3.80 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Secret Hangman (Peter Diamond, #9) 3.60 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	My rating:

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Series by Peter Lovesey

Peter Diamond (12 books)
by Peter Lovesey

3.72 avg rating — 1,869 ratings

A Red badge novel of suspense (93 books)
by Peter Lovesey

3.58 avg rating — 484 ratings

Sergeant Cribb (8 books)
by Peter Lovesey

3.67 avg rating — 385 ratings

Inspector Henrietta Mallin (2 books)
by Peter Lovesey

3.45 avg rating — 241 ratings

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (3 books)
by Peter Lovesey

3.35 avg rating — 108 ratings

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