The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey

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The Last Detective

Peter Lovesey

The first mystery in Peter Lovesey’s beloved Peter Diamond series, now available in a special 20th Anniversary edition for only $9.99!

May 2011 | Mystery
Paperback
9781616950811

"A bravura performance ... slyly paced, marbled with surprise and in the end, strangely affecting."—The New York Times Book Review

"A treasure."—Chicago Sun-Times

"Thickly textured, amusing, unpredictably mixing puzzle and procedural ... one of the best."—Los Angeles Times

"Not only a good story but a compelling one."—Boston Globe

Synopsis:

A nude female corpse has been found floating in a large reservoir just south of Bristol. In order to solve the mystery of the "Lady in the Lake," Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond must locate two missing letters attributed to Jane Austen and defy his superiors on the force to save a woman unjustly accused of murder. This is the first of the Peter Diamond series; it won the 1992 Anthony Boucher Award for Best Mystery Novel.

About the Author:

Peter Lovesey is the author of twenty-five highly praised mystery novels and has been awarded the CWA Gold and Silver Daggers and the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, as well as many US honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.