The Circle by Peter Lovesey - ISBN: 9780751553581
Paperback
Writers’ circle, murder, and amateur sleuths: a deadly combination.

The Circle

A DCI Helen Mallin Mystery

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    10 June 2014

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Summary

When widowed parcel-force worker Bob Naylor plucks up the courage to join a writers’ circle, he discovers a motley collection of wannabe authors whom he would rather avoid at all costs. But when a publisher is found murdered, after recently addressing the group, Bob feels compelled to stay.

Investigating Officer Hen Mallin attempts to investigate the group, despite their amateur sleuthing efforts and exhaustingly dramatic outbursts. And as another death casts the bewildered Bob in sus…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780751553581
ISBN-10:0751553581
Author:Peter Lovesey
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Sphere
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:10 June 2014
Weight:260g
Dimensions:134mm x 200mm x 25mm
Series:Inspector Hen Mallin Investigation
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Critics Review

The superb Peter Lovesey provides yet another novel of unalloyed delight

The superb Peter Lovesey provides yet another novel of unalloyed delight - The Scotsman

Lovesey, who can out-Christie Dame Agatha when he sets his mind to it, offers a smorgasbord of red herrings, a nifty plot twist, charming bits of doggerel and delicious digs at writers of the un-publishable - Kirkus Reviews

Brilliantly keeps one guessing - Daily Mail

About The Author

Peter Lovesey

Peter Lovesey was born in Middlesex and studied at Hampton Grammar School and Reading University, where he met his wife Jax. He won a competition with his first crime fiction novel, Wobble to Death, and has never looked back, with his numerous books winning and being shortlisted for nearly all the prizes in the international crime writing world. He was Chairman of the Crime Writers’ Association and has been presented with Lifetime Achievement awards both in the UK and the US.

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