Find all the books, read about the author, and more. One of the early books in the peter diamond series written by author peter lovesey is titled as diamond solitaire. In this book, it is shown that peter diamond gets fired from the police department on the charges of insubordination. With this fourth installment, veteran english author lovesey gives us his laconic bath policeman peter diamond in full dazzle. Just prior to tonights meeting milo finds a rare penny black. Buy bloodhounds by peter lovesey online at alibris. Im hoping he continues that pattern and book five will turn out to be an absolute corker. Bloodhounds, featuring chubby british detective peter diamond, provides a lockedroom mystery with detective novel fans as suspects. This is how i came upon bloodhounds, lovesey s homage to the golden age detectives and the old fashioned whodunits which most of us love. A rare stamp and a corpse are discovered in bath within hours of each.
Peter lovesey booklist peter lovesey message board. In bloodhounds, lovesey demonstrates his familiarity with his genre, referring by name to a large number of prominent mystery writers. Darling, if ever ive met a group of potential murderers anywhere, its the bloodhounds. The fourth uniquely stylish crime novel, from the awardwinning peter diamond series. Im saving the other unread ones for the gray doldrums of january. In bustling bath, a small band of eccentrics gather in a church crypt to argue the virtues of the various genres of crime fiction. Writers of genre fiction tend to be widely read within their own narrow field. A peter diamond mystery macallan cwa silver dagger winner, 1996 barry award winner, 1996 macavity award winner, 1996 darling, if ever ive met a group of potential murderers anywhere, its the bloodhounds. Detective superintendent peter diamond was suffering in the rear seat of a police car scorching toward bath along the keynsham bypass with the headlamps on full beam, blue light pulsing and siren wailing. Bloodhounds ebook hillsborough county public library. His novel is a sendup of several formulas familiar to readers of popular detective fiction.
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Hear directly from peter about his latest book releases and other news. Peter diamond of the bath police returns in the fourth installment in this marvelous detective series. A rare stamp and a corpse are discovered in bath within hours of each other. This book was released in the year 1992 by the soho crime publication. The bloodhounds are a diverse group of mystery fans who meet in a. Praise for bloodhounds peter lovesey tosses off a real brainbanger in bloodhounds, the fourth book in a challenging series. I wouldnt bother getting any of the additional books in this series at all, but peter lovesey hit a six with his first and third novels and lost a wicket with his second and fourth. As he investigates, inspector peter diamond discovers that both the person who found the stamp and the victim belong to the bloodhounds, an elite group of mystery lovers, who now urge diamond to bring the murderer to justice. Diamond in full dazzle loveseys crime fiction reaches from. Peter lovesey tosses off a real brainbanger in bloodhounds, the fourth book in a challenging series. Peter lovesey was born in middlesex and studied at hampton grammar school and reading university, where he met his wife jax.
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