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Peter Lovesey
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 detectiv…
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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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Against the Grain 2024 Peter Diamond #22 Showstopper 2022 Peter Diamond #21 Diamond and the Eye 2021 Peter Diamond #20 The Finisher 2020 Peter Diamond #19 Killing with Confetti 2019 Peter Diamond #18 
Beau Death 2017 Peter Diamond #17 
Another One Goes Tonight 2016 Peter Diamond #16 
Down Among the Dead 2015 Peter Diamond #15 
The Stone Wife 2014 Peter Diamond #14 
The Tooth Tattoo 2013 Peter Diamond #13 
Cop to Corpse 2012 Peter Diamond #12 
Stagestruck 2011 Peter Diamond #11 
Skeleton Hill 2009 Peter Diamond #10 
The Headhunters 2008 Inspector Henrietta Mallin #2 
The Secret Hangman 2007 Peter Diamond #9 
The Circle 2005 Inspector Henrietta Mallin #1 
The House Sitter 2003 Peter Diamond #8 
Diamond Dust 2002 Peter Diamond #7 
The Reaper 2001 
The Vault 1999 Peter Diamond #6 
Upon a Dark Night 1997 Peter Diamond #5 
Bloodhounds 1996 Peter Diamond #4 
The Summons 1995 Peter Diamond #3 
Diamond Solitaire 1992 Peter Diamond #2