Peter Lovesey

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The United Kingdom

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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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Peter Lovesey's Books

Average rating: 3.70 · 5,739 ratings · 844 reviews · 53 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Last Detective (Peter Diamond, #1) 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 1991 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The False Inspector Dew 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diamond Solitaire (Peter Diamond, #2) 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 1992 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloodhounds (Peter Diamond, #4) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House Sitter (Peter Diamond, #8) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diamond Dust (Peter Diamond, #7) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Skeleton Hill (Peter Diamond, #10) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stagestruck (Peter Diamond, #11) 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2011 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vault (Peter Diamond, #6) 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Hangman (Peter Diamond, #9) 3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Peter Lovesey

Peter Diamond (13 books)
by Peter Lovesey
3.741576325813068 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 3,413 ratings

Sergeant Cribb (8 books)
by Peter Lovesey
3.634105960264901 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 604 ratings

Inspector Henrietta Mallin (2 books)
by Peter Lovesey
3.459375 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 320 ratings

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (3 books)
by Peter Lovesey
3.3821656050955413 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 157 ratings

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