Peter Lovesey

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Peter Lovesey


Born
in Whitton, Middlesex, The United Kingdom
September 10, 1936

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


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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Average rating: 3.83 · 37,867 ratings · 4,453 reviews · 160 distinct works • Similar authors
The Last Detective (Peter D...
3.75 avg rating — 4,902 ratings — published 1991 — 31 editions
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Diamond Solitaire (Peter Di...
3.82 avg rating — 1,804 ratings — published 1992 — 30 editions
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Another One Goes Tonight (P...
4.01 avg rating — 1,324 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions
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Bloodhounds (Peter Diamond,...
3.92 avg rating — 1,455 ratings — published 1996 — 20 editions
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The Tooth Tattoo (Peter Dia...
3.89 avg rating — 1,448 ratings — published 2013 — 18 editions
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Cop To Corpse (Peter Diamon...
3.79 avg rating — 1,210 ratings — published 2012 — 20 editions
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The False Inspector Dew
3.94 avg rating — 1,209 ratings — published 1981 — 27 editions
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The Secret Hangman (Peter D...
3.92 avg rating — 1,163 ratings — published 2007 — 14 editions
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Skeleton Hill (Peter Diamon...
3.88 avg rating — 1,283 ratings — published 2009 — 22 editions
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The Summons (Peter Diamond,...
4.01 avg rating — 1,189 ratings — published 1995 — 24 editions
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Series by Peter Lovesey

The Last Detective Diamond Solitaire The Summons Bloodhounds Upon A Dark Night The Vault Diamond Dust
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The House Sitter The Circle The Headhunters
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Bertie And The Tinman Bertie And The Seven Bodies Bertie and the Crime of Pas...
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Quotes by Peter Lovesey

“she had been perfectly agreeable until I showed my face. That’s how it is with that kind of madness. Ninety-nine per cent of the time they seem perfectly sane.”
― Peter Lovesey, The Last Detective
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“drawing pad. He withdrew it and”
― Peter Lovesey, Diamond Solitaire
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― Peter Lovesey, The Last Detective
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