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Peter Lovesey

Born

in Whitton, Middlesex, England, The United Kingdom

September 10, 1936

Died

April 10, 2025

Website

http://peterlovesey.com/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Sports

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Peter Harmer Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of historical and contemporary detective 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. He was also one of the world's leading track and field statisticians.

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Average rating: 3.86 · 60,609 ratings · 6,688 reviews · 284 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Last Detective (Peter Diamond, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 7,744 ratings — published 1991 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 3.87 avg rating — 2,776 ratings — published 1992 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 3.93 avg rating — 2,258 ratings — published 1996 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Summons (Peter Diamond, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 2,058 ratings — published 1995 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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 Tooth Tattoo (Peter Diamond, #13) 3.92 avg rating — 1,999 ratings — published 2013 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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) 3.91 avg rating — 2,007 ratings — published 2007 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Down Among the Dead Men (Peter Diamond, #15) 4.04 avg rating — 1,937 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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; Inspector Henrietta Mallin .5) 4.07 avg rating — 1,891 ratings — published 2003 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Another One Goes Tonight (Peter Diamond, #16) 4.05 avg rating — 1,898 ratings — published 2016 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Wobble to Death (Sergeant Cribb #1) 3.68 avg rating — 2,038 ratings — published 1970 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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“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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“I wonder if we’re dealing with an amateur,” she said. “Who keeps a revolver in his sock drawer? This isn’t America.”
― Peter Lovesey, Beau Death

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“hunches are mostly your brain telling you what you want to hear.”
― Peter Lovesey, Diamond and the Eye

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