Peter Lovesey

Challenged by departmental red tape and a dearth of clues, British detective Peter Diamond must solve the murder of a down-on-her-luck soap opera actress, who was found floating face down in a reservoir. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

The Last Detective

"Through a particularly tragic series of events, couch potato Maeve Kelly, an elementary school teacher whose mother always assured her "curvy" girls shouldn't waste their time trying to be fit, has been forced to sign up for the Other Half, Bath's springtime half-marathon. The training is brutal, but she must disprove her mother and collect pledges for her aunt's beloved charity. What Maeve doesn't know is just how brutal some of the other runners are. As race day draws closer, an undocumented Albanian man named Spiro makes a run for freedom on the other side of town, escaping the chain gang that has held him hostage and its murderous foreman, who is known to his charges as The Finisher. The Finisher has killed for disobedience before, and Spiro knows there's a target on his back as he tries to lose himself in the genteel medieval city of Bath. Meanwhile Detective Peter Diamond is tasked with crowd control on the raucous day of the race-and catches sight of a violent criminal he put away a decade ago, and who very much seems to be up to his old tricks now that he is paroled. Diamond's hackles are already up when he learns that one of the runners never crossed the finish line-disappeared without a trace. Was Diamond a spectator to the prelude to a murder?"--

The Finisher

This captivating collection, which features eighteen bestselling and award-winning Soho Crime authors, contains laughs aplenty, hardboiled holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season. Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Christmas dinner with a stranger. Niccoló Machiavelli sets out to save an Italian city. Jane Austen searches for the Dowager Duchess of Wilborough's stolen diamonds. And more adventures that will whisk readers away to Christmases around the globe.

A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

The Usual Santas

When a competitive-bidding war for a rare carved stone is interrupted by three masked men who kill the highest bidder, Peter Diamond and his team investigate the carving's mystical origins while Ingeborg goes undercover to learn about the murder weapon. By the award-winning author of The Tooth Tattoo.

The Stone Wife

Mick Herron

Helene Tursten

Stuart Neville

Cara Black

Peter Lovesey, MWA Grand Master and titan of the English detective novel, returns readers to Bath with the eighteenth mystery in his critically acclaimed Peter Diamond series. As a New Year begins in Bath, Ben Brace proposes to his long-term girlfriend, Caroline, the daughter of notorious crime baron Joe Irving, who is coming to the end of a prison sentence. The problem is that Ben's father, George, is the Deputy Chief Constable. A more uncomfortable set of in-laws would be hard to imagine. But mothers and sons are a formidable force: a wedding in the Abbey and reception in the Roman Baths are arranged before the career-obsessed DCC can step in. Peter Diamond, Bath's head of CID, is appalled to be put in charge of security on the day. Ordered to be discreet, he packs a gun and a guest list in his best suit and must somehow cope with potential killers, gang rivals, warring parents, bossy photographers and straying bridesmaids. The laid-back Joe Irving seems oblivious to the danger he is in from rival gang leaders, while Brace can't wait for the day to end. Will the photo session be a literal shoot? Will Joe Irving's speech as father of the bride be his last words? Can Diamond pull off a miracle, avert a tragedy and send the happy couple on their honeymoon?

Killing with Confetti

In 1886, after a jury rules that the death of a popular jockey known as the Tinman had been suicide, the Prince of Wales suspects murder and at great personal risk, investigates the crime

Bertie and the Tinman

Reaper

"I am so excited for you to be at the very beginning of this trend-setting, beautifully written, vivid series."—from the introduction by LOUISE PENNY In the first entry to the series and winner of the 1992 Anthony Boucher Award for Best Mystery Novel, Diamond must locate two missing letters attributed to Jane Austen to solve the murder of the "Lady in the Lake." A woman’s body has been found floating in the weeds in a lake near Bath. There are no marks on her and no murder weapon. No one will identify her. It looks like Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond has his work cut out for him. Diamond is one of the last detectives of his kind, a gumshoe whose heroes solved crimes by question and answer, door stepping and deduction. To unravel this one, Diamond must locate two missing letters attributed to Jane Austen and defy his superiors in order to save a woman unjustly accused of murder.

Showstopper

“Absolutely riveting . . . A masterpiece. I defy anyone to foresee the outcome.”—Ruth Rendell The year is 1921. A passionate affair between voracious romance reader Alma Webster and her dentist, Walter Baranov, has led to his wife’s murder. The lovers take flight aboard the Mauretania and the dentist takes the name of Inspector Dew, the detective who arrested the notorious wifekiller Dr. Crippen. But, in a disquieting twist, a murder occurs aboard ship and the captain invites “Inspector Dew” to investigate.

The False Inspector Dew

Believing the human remains found at a demolition site belong to Beau Nash, a fashion icon from the eighteenth century, Chief Inspector Peter Diamond embarks on a quest to find proof.

Beau Death

Dissatisfied with their marriages and their lives in post-war Britain, former co-workers Rosie Bell and Antonia Ashton plot to eliminate their husbands with the help of a mutual assistance pact. Reprint.

On the Edge

Na era vitoriana, as sessões espíritas são a grande sensação entre os britânicos. De respeitáveis senhoras da alta sociedade a académicos céticos ou improváveis homens de negócios, ninguém parece resistir a conversar com o Outro Lado. Também a Scotland Yard acaba por participar desta nova moda, ainda que de forma indireta. Quando, após uma sessão em casa da abastada família Probert, desaparece uma obra de arte, o sargento Cribb e o guarda Thackeray são chamados a investigar. Tudo parece simples... até acontecer uma morte. Para complicar a investigação, todos os presentes têm motivos para odiar a vítima. Os dois detetives debatem-se com o excêntrico grupo de suspeitos e uma médium assustadoramente convincente. E à medida que se vão movimentando neste mundo perturbador e obscuro, a verdade parece iludi-los a cada passo. VENCEDOR DO PRIX DU ROMAN Deamp;'AVENTURES, 1987.

Um Caso de Espíritos

Back with the Bath police department, ace detective Peter Diamond is assigned to investigate the theft of a rare stamp from a local museum. But when a dead body turns up within hours of the theft, Diamond knows that the crimes are connected and that he must use all his deductive powers to solve the diabolical mystery. Traveling the streets of Bath, Diamond unearths surprising secrets and deadly riddles before confronting a multiple murder.

Bloodhounds

Michael Z. Lewin

Liza Cody

An Annual of Crime Stories

3rd Culprit

Another One Goes Tonight

Secret of Spandau

Introducing Victorian England’s most illustrious amateur sleuth (if not necessarily its most adept): Bertie, Prince of Wales, who can’t help but poke his royal nose into a suspicious-sounding circumstance. Bertie, Prince of Wales and future King Edward VII, is a charismatic but self-indulgent man who enjoys the finer things in life, including dining, flirting, and flitting from party to party with his entire thirty-person staff in tow. But the fun and games come to a tragic halt when Bertie hears the shocking news that his friend the legendary jockey Fred Archer, known as the Tinman, has taken his own life. Bertie has his doubts that it was in fact suicide, especially considering the Tinman's ominous final words: “Are they coming?” Bertie resolves to discover the truth, looking for new suspects and evidence on a quest that will take him through some of the most disreputable parts of London, much to the dismay of his mother, Queen Victoria.

Peter Diamond, Detektiv und Ex-Polizist, erhält – sehr zu seiner Genugtuung – einen Hilferuf seiner ehemaligen Vorgesetzten: Aus dem Gefängnis von Albany ist Mountjoy, ein von Diamond ehemals überführter Frauenmörder, ausgebrochen. Mountjoy hat die Tochter eines hohen Polizeibeamten entführt und fordert, dass Diamond seinen Fall erneut aufnehmen soll. Ein Wettlauf mit der Zeit beginnt... Dritter Band der Peter-Diamond-Reihe

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