FICTION
Released: June 12, 2012
"Nobody but Lovesey could thump out a gritty procedural yet instill Bath with so much charm and history that readers will have to put it on their bucket lists."
How many mistakes can Detective Superintendent Diamond make and still catch the Somerset Sniper?
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2011
"Far from Lovesey at his best, without the wit, trickery and demonic plotting that has earned him silver, gold and diamond daggers from the British Crime Writers' Association."
FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2009
"History, humor, inspired clues, maniacal twists and a paean to the beauty of the Bath countryside. Lovesey, who's won every prize going, deserves another for Diamond's tenth."
Inspector Peter Diamond, in full curmudgeon mode, detects a fresh corpse at a Civil War (that's the Cavaliers versus the Roundheads) reenactment.
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2009
"A roundup of the most genial puzzles from Lovesey (The Headhunters, 2008, etc.) presents a welcome relief from the noir psychodramas so many other practitioners have on offer."
Fourteen short stories originally published between 2003 and 2007--with one exception harking back to 1989--that do full credit to Lovesey's reputation as a Diamond Dagger winner.
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FICTION
Released: April 1, 2008
"Lovesey makes it virtually impossible to figure out whodunit before he reveals all. Catnip for enthusiasts of the classic puzzler."
Master craftsman Lovesey (
The Secret Hangman, 2007, etc.) flaunts his deviousness with a plethora of wickedly plausible suspects.
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2007
"Lovesey (The Circle, 2005, etc.), master of the switchback twist, has several in store here, but savvy readers may find them a notch or so below his crafty best."