Beau Death
Detective Peter Diamond Book 17
$26.33
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
9 August 2018
Summary
Peter Diamond investigates a mystery of the past in the seventeenth case for the brilliant Bath detective.
A wrecking ball crashes through the roof of a terraced cottage in Bath and exposes a skeleton in eighteenth-century clothes. Can these possibly be the remains of Beau Nash, the so-called King of Bath, whose body is said to have ended up in a pauper’s grave?
Peter Diamond, the city’s most experienced detective, is ordered to investigate, but grappling with…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751570670 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0751570672 |
| Author: | Peter Lovesey |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 9 August 2018 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 138mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Peter Diamond Mystery |
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‘Lovesey moves from one dexterously nested puzzle to the next with all the confidence of a magician’
‘If you like your police procedurals intriguing, solid and well-written, Lovesey’s your man’ - Weekend Sport
Lovesey’s storytelling is darkly funny, with richly drawn characters, detailed police procedure, brilliant dialogue and impeccable plotting - Ellery Queen’s Mystery MagazinePacing, dialogue, exposition, backstory - nobody handles them better than Lovesey - Booklist‘Lovesey moves from one dexterously nested puzzle to the next with all the confidence of a magician’ - Kirkus Reviews‘One of Lovesey’s cleverest … full of his trademark wry humour’ - Publisher’s Weekly‘There’s plenty of suspense here - action too - all told in Lovesey’s effortlessly elegant manner’ - BooklistAbout The Author
Peter Lovesey
Born in Middlesex In 1936, Peter Lovesey was the author of 43 novels and seven collections of short stories. He is best known for his eight Victorian crime novels featuring Seargent Cribb and his flagship Peter Diamond series, which began with his Antony-award winning novel, The Last Detective, in 1991. Lovesey was the recipient of numerous awards over his lifetime, including the CWA Silver Dagger, multiple Macavity and Antony awards. He was one of a select number of writers to have been awarded both the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Special Edgar and the Crime Writers’ Association’s Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement. He died in 2025 at the age of 88.
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